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This is a list of when the first publicly announced television broadcasts occurred in the mentioned countries. Non-public field tests and closed circuit demonstrations are not included.
This list should not be interpreted to mean the whole of a country had television service by the specified date. For example, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and the former Soviet Union all had operational television stations and a limited number of viewers by 1939. Very few cities in each country had television service. Television broadcasts were not yet available in most places.
Year | Countries and territories |
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1928 | United States (mechanical television, experimental - W2XCW)[1] |
1929 | United Kingdom (mechanical, experimental),[2] Germany (mechanical, experimental),[3] Australia (mechanical, experimental, after hours on two existing Melbourne radio stations - 3UZ and 3DB),[4][5][6] Netherlands (mechanical, experimental in Scheveningen)[7] |
1931 | France (mechanical, experimental), Canada (mechanical, experimental - VE9EC), Soviet Union (mechanical, experimental - МТЦ), Siam (mechanical, experimental, cancelled because of the revolution) |
1934 | Australia (electronic television, experimental, Brisbane)[8] |
1935 | Germany (intermediate film; semi-electronic), France (electronic - PTT Radio Vision), Netherlands (electronic, experimental in Eindhoven by Philips)[7] |
1936 | United Kingdom (electronic - BBC Television Service), Germany (electronic television - Deutscher Fernseh Rundfunk),[9] |
1937 | Free City of Danzig (electronic, experimental),[10] Poland (mechanical, experimental), (Doświadczalna Stacja Telewizyjna)[11] |
1938 | Soviet Union (electronic, experimental - CT USSR), Turkey (electronic, experimental) |
1939 | Chile (experimental), Japan (electronic, experimental - J2PQ),[12][13] Italy (electronic, experimental - EIAR Trasmissioni Sperimentali Radiovisione),[14] Peru (electronic, experimental),[15] Poland (electronic, experimental),[11] United States (electronic; experimental and non-commercial until 1941 - NBC) |
Year | Countries and territories |
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1991 | Cayman Islands (Cayman 27, now defunct), Falkland Islands (FITV),[120] Fiji (FijiTV),[121] Nauru (NTV), Rwanda (RTV) |
1992 | São Tomé and Príncipe (TVS, regular), Solomon Islands (TTV), South Ossetia (Ir),[122] Transnistria (PMR TV), Vanuatu (TBV, experimental), |
1993 | Eritrea (Eri-TV), San Marino (San Marino RTV), Vanuatu (TBV), Western Samoa (SBC Television 1) |
1994 | Tanzania (mainland, Coastal Television Network) |
1995 | Andorra (ATV),[123] Gambia (Gambia Radio & Television Service), Saint Helena (Sure South Atlantic Ltd), Turks and Caicos Islands (WIV Channel 4) |
1996 | Palestine (PBC) |
1997 | Montserrat (Peoples Television),[124][125] Somaliland (Somaliland Television)[126] |
1999 | Bhutan (BBS),[127] Malawi (TVM),[128] Tuvalu (limited service)[129] |
Year | Countries and territories |
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2000 | Botswana (BTV, national), Tonga (TV Tonga, national) |
2001 | Tokelau (foreign channels, no local service),[130] Tristan da Cunha (BFBS, live service) |
2002 | Kiribati (TV Kiribati, native, but suspended from 2013 to 2018) |
2004 | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[131][132] (Laayoune TV) |
2005 | South Sudan (South Sudan Television)[133] |
2006 | Comoros (ORTC), Palau (OTV, returned),[134] Pitcairn Islands[135] |
2008 | Liechtenstein (1 FL TV),[136] Papua New Guinea (state-owned launching) (NBC Television) |
2011 | Norfolk Island (TVNI, local) |
2018 | Kiribati (Kiri 1 TV, returned)[137] |
2019 | Tuvalu (returned, Tuvalu.TV)[138] |
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