List of years in television

This article lists events in chronological order the history of television. A version in text form found in the article history of television.

To 1900

1900-1949

1950-1969

As of September 27, a transmitter emits on the Grundig plant in Fürth daily from a television pilot program.

In City Park Schöneberg the people of Berlin 's first public television broadcast is shown, photographed by Max Schirner

On September 6, goes to Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to broadcast.
On 21 December, Stalin's birthday, the television pilot program of the Television Centre Berlin begins - later German TV (DFF ) of the GDR - in Adlershof with the program Current camera.
As of December 25 starts the daily TV in the Federal Republic of Germany. Is sent from Hamburg. It sold 4,000 televisions. (DDR 1953: 300)

In the United States NTSC standard for color television is introduced. Thus, the Americans were ahead of the Europeans far. These lead until over 12 years later with the PAL standard and several variants of the SECAM color television one. However, the NTSC standard has some weaknesses in the color representation: lowest transmission error sufficient to cause visible discoloration to disturbing especially in the face colors. Jokingly enough, therefore, was NTSC, jokingly referred to the acronym for National Television System Committee as "Never Twice the Same Color ".
The RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana in Italy takes on 3 January on its operation.
On November 1, the Community program begins Deutsches Fernsehen of regional broadcasters under the umbrella of ARD with his program.

Austrian TV starts operation
On September 22 starts ITV1 in the UK.

On 3 January, the German television broadcasting, the GDR starts with the regular operation.
Ampex introduces his quadruplex system, the first analog magnetic recording system with send USEFULLY black and white quality.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation ( ABC) is in Australia as the first station of the continent on the air.
The first Swedish television station SVT1 goes on air.

Ampex introduces the color video recorder.

See Broadcasting 1958

On June 1, in New Zealand 's TV One on the air.
On August 12, the first passive communications satellite was put into orbit around the Earth with Echo 1. The quality of the transmitted television pictures, however moderate.

On June 1, starts with ARD 2, a second TV for the German radio stations.
On 11 September, the second Austrian television FS2 takes (since 1992 ORF 2 ) on the operation.
On 1 October, the CTV takes his transmission on in Canada.

On July 10, the first active communications satellite Telstar is brought into its orbit; by means of which takes place on 23 July, the first live transmission for the Euro Vision from the U.S..
BBC 2, the second transmitter in the UK, starts.
The Australian TV station Seven Network goes on the air.
NBN Television goes on air in Australia.

In early January is Walter Bruch PAL systems for color television before.
On April 1, the Second German Television (ZDF ) in Mainz officially begins with the transmit mode.
On July 26, a communications satellite is placed in a geostationary orbit with Syncom 2 for the first time. This makes it possible to send from a fixed point on the earth continuously signals to a satellite, and to receive from the latter.

On the Welser Autumn Fair color television the Austrian public is presented. From the station Lichtenberg a fair program is broadcast in color on FS2 Upper Austria.

Network Ten will launch its program in Australia.
Between 1966 and 1967, the PAL color television method is adopted by most Western European countries.

On August 25, Foreign Minister Willy Brandt opens the German color TV on the Radio Exhibition in Berlin.

The Nine Network in Australia is founded.
Television broadcast of the moon landing in 1969: On July 20, will be held the first live broadcast from the moon after the moon landing of the American spaceship Apollo 11.
On October 3, color television begins in East Germany after the French SECAM method.
On December 5, the second Swedish television SVT2 goes on air.

1970-1979

From 26 August to 11 September, ARD and ZDF delivered jointly by the company that they German Olympic Centre ( DOZ ) a full program in color of the XX. Summer Olympic Games to all TVs in the world.
In the U.S., the pay TV channel Home Box Office goes on the air, starting from 1975 will also be broadcast via satellite.
On February 11, the German television (DFF ) in television of the GDR ( DDR -FS ) renamed ( to 4 March 1990).

On the initiative of Chancellor Bruno Kreisky of Austria -wide expansion of a third transmitter network is being driven. The transmitters and frequencies but remain unused until 2003, since, despite repeated calls from the policy, neither the ORF still a consortium of newspaper publishers wanted to introduce a third program.

In January, the Global Television Network in Canada goes on the air.

SBS in Australia is founded and first sends in 7-8 languages.
On June 30, TV 2 goes on air in New Zealand.

1980-1989

MTV goes on the air. The program will soon spread in the cable network in New York and across the United States.

Even before the first broadcast of the private German programs in 1984, the distribution of a monthly news video tape under the name Freising begins on November 11 in Freising in the image. Since March 20, 1986 Freising is broadcast in the image as a regular television program of the region also in the cable network of Freising.
In the UK, Channel 4 is established.

In the U.S., Discovery Channel goes on air.
On March 14 of the year TRP1, the first local television of the Passau region started.

On September 7, TQS takes on broadcasting in French-speaking Canada.

On May 1 begins Eureka TV, predecessor of ProSieben, with its broadcasting.
On August 1 of the year of the first pure music channel from Great Britain starts for Europe: MTV Europe.
Also from the UK sends the Super Channel for Europe since 1987.

On January 11, the jukebox successor Tele 5 comes with a mix of music and lifestyle on the air.
Imparja Television is on January 2 in Australia on the air, he is considered the first television station for Aborigines.
Austrian TV ORF leads to two (then FS2) regular programs for the individual states a, after the technical requirements ( Auseinanderschaltbarkeit the transmitters) have been created.
In Austria, the transmitters will no longer be turned off after closedown, the program is now also free times during the night ever the test image to see.

WIN Television in Australia goes on the air.
On January 1, today's ProSieben goes on the air after its predecessor - Eureka TV - at 24:00 clock stopped its transmit mode.
October 30: Last shipment of the black channel with Karl- Eduard von Schnitzler.
On November 26, TV 3 in New Zealand goes on the air.

1990-1999

On February 29, at 10:00 clock, the cable channel takes (predecessor of kabel eins ) its program operation. He is exclusively receivable on the cable networks of Deutsche Telekom.
ARTE is established by a treaty between the French State and the German states in May 1992 and goes on the air.
On 1 January, the German international broadcaster DW TV goes on air.
On 1 October of the year Cartoon Network goes on the air in the United States.

DSF solves Tele 5 on January 1, 0.00 clock with a sports offerings.
On January 25, VOX goes on air.
On March 6, RTL 2 goes on air.
On April 7, PHOENIX, event and documentary channel of ARD and ZDF goes on air.
On 1 December of the year of the second German music channel is started: VIVA.
On September 17, the Cartoon Network in the UK starts on the air.
On November 1, NBC has now entered the European television business: NBC Super Channel was born.

In January, the international British television station BBC launches Prime.
The Austrian television programs now send round the clock.
On March 11, MTV is the competitor VIVA forward seven days and starts his oldies and pop 80/90er program VH -1.
On March 18 VIVA launches two, as 80/90er-Popkanal.
On April 28, Super RTL goes on air, the first German station that mostly produces its program for children and adolescents.
Since July 5 sends the German version of Nickelodeon. Just three years later, the station began broadcasting again.
On August 25: Start of the women's channel designed as tm3.
On October 15 of this year, Germany's first home shopping channel goes on air: HSE24.

The Scandinavian version of Nickelodeon goes on air.
The TV channel Animal Planet goes on air.
On January 6, goes with Onyx, the fifth German music channel on the air.
On December 1 of the year starts Germany's second home-shopping channel QVC.
The first station of the Upper Palatinate is started on March 1st of the year: Oberpfalz TV.
On July 28th of that year, Germany's first digital pay-TV channels DF1 is broadcast, including the first 24 -hour channel for children (Junior).
The British foreign broadcasts UK.TV starts in Australia.
On 1 October of the year Men & Motors went on the air in the UK

The music channel Juice TV goes on the air in New Zealand.
The music channel C4 goes by the name TV 4 in New Zealand on air.
KI.KA, the first German TV station transmitting only children's program goes on air on January 1.
On March 7, goes with MTV Central, the German version of MTV on air.
On March 30, Five launched in the UK.
On April 7, PHOENIX, event and documentary channel of ARD and ZDF comes with digital technology on the air.
In September, the National Geographic Channel launches in Europe and Australia.
On 7 December, the TV channel ITV2 launched in the UK.

The National Geographic Channel is in the July of the year also first in Asia to broadcast.
Start of the international British television station BBC America in the United States on March 29,
The German Nickelodeon presents its transmit mode a on 31 May.
Computers on TV: On June 30, the interactive program NBC Giga goes on air.
The local citizens transmitter Open Channel Merseburg - Querfurt goes end of September 1998 on air.

On 15 March, the Swedish-speaking news channel SVT24 is in Sweden on the air.
On 1 October of the year of the DF1 successor Premiere World goes on air, on October 16, follows in the Premiere World package, the second 24 -hour children's channel in Germany: Disney Channel.

2000-2009

2000
2001 On September 1st of the year goes 9Live, Germany's first quiz station, on the air.
On March 1st of the year, RTL Shop, the first home shopping channel RTL Group in Germany.
The second pure music channel of Viacom, MTV 2 Pop, its program starts on 1 May in Germany and replaced VH -1.
May 7: Start the infotainment channel XXP (today: DMAX ).
On 7 September, the international British television station BBC Canada starts in Canada.

The Australian ABC Asian Pacific goes on air.
On January 7, is from VIVA Plus Two VIVA.
On 11 February, the British TV channel CBBC Channel launches in the UK, as well CBeebies.
On April 28, at 22:00 clock the sending of the second message begins 5
In July starts the international British television station BBC Food.
The TV Rialto Channel goes to New Zealand in November on the air.
On December 23, the Swedish-speaking children's channel Barnkanalen goes on air.
Start of BBC Four in the UK, the successor to the pre-set BBC Knowledge.
Launch of digital terrestrial television DVB -T in Germany ( launched in Berlin in the fall ), the first regular DVB- T broadcast in Europe.
Collapse of the " Kirch empire " ( Leo Kirch).

Start of BBC 3 on 9 March of the year in the UK, the successor to the pre-set BBC Choice, also starts that day 's Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 Plus in Sweden.
The British television station UK.TV goes in November in New Zealand on air.
The Austrian ATV transmitter sends now its program on the third analog Austria -wide broadcasting network that has been provided since the 1970s for a third ORF television, but was not yet used.

On March 1st of the year, there will premiere the first station of Germany, are observed and filmed people with the 24 hours a day (Big Brother).
On March 28, Māori Television goes on air in New Zealand, the first TV for Māori.
On 18 April, the Swedish-speaking private entertainment channel TV4 film went on the air in Sweden.
Launch of DVB -T in Austria, initially only in Graz.
On June 1, Germany's first astrology channel goes on air: Astro TV.
In November, the cable network operator Kabel Germany launches its first digital pay-TV offering over 30 channels.
The first station in Germany, the 24 -hour revolves around the topic of food and drink is started: TV Gusto.
On September 15, terra nova takes over with a nature and animal movies at 5:30 clock frequencies of Onyx.
On 27 September, the Swedish-speaking science Kunskapskanalen station goes on the air.
On November 1, starts ITV3 in the UK.
On December 1, the start of the international British BBC television Japan in Japan.

On January 14, the Swedish-speaking private entertainment channel TV400 went to Sweden on the air.
On March 5, the digital TV channel ABC2 launches in Australia.
On April 1, the music channel Deluxe Music exudes his program.
On 15 September, the Swedish-speaking private channel TV4 Fakta documentation went on the air.
On 29 September, the Fourth starts as another private program with a range of movies in Germany. The transmitter has the American NBC as a parent company.
On September 12, at 6:00 clock Nick goes as German version of the children's channel Nickelodeon to broadcast. Already in the 1990s there was a German Nickelodeon version.
On November 1, Food Television goes on air in New Zealand.
On November 1, is also ITV4 in the UK on the air.

On 15 January, the German version of Comedy Central starts.
On 10 July, terra nova began broadcasting from economic reasons.

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