1936 CE
Regular high-definition television
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The BBC began regular high-definition television broadcasts from Alexandra Palace in 1936 for the London area. The milestone marks television’s formation as a scheduled broadcast medium; initial reception was limited, and mass expansion depended on later networks, affordable sets, and programming.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- Date not recorded
Reading the date: point event.
Sources
- blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- 2011-04-07
- What this date describes
- The cited source or edition; it may postdate the historical event.
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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