What country was the first to have television?

Answer 1

The first fully operational television system was demonstrated in 1925 in London, England by John Logie Baird.

But... the answer isn't quite that simple. Baird was a Scotsman and started his work in Scotland. So the country of origin might be Scotland. However, he used something called a Nipkow disc to create a scanned image. That was invented by Gottlieb Nipkow, a German of Russian heritage. Although Nipkow never made a television with his disc, it was a fundamental part of the Baird system. So perhaps the television is German or Russian.

One last complication - Philo Farnsworth developed the ideas and showed off his own electro-mechanical television system in 1927 in the US. Then in 1929, he created a television that had no moving parts. His fully electronic television formed the basis of all television developments for the following half century. So, just maybe, the modern television is American.

Add other small but significant inventions to the list and the number of countries gets larger. Oh, we mustn't forget our Italian friend, Marconi, who developed wireless transmission, without which television would never have got off the ground.

There are enough countries involved in the creation of television to keep most people convinced that it was conceived in their own country and to keep this debate running for many years to come.

Answer 2

If you mean the first publicly accessible TV service/broadcast, then on November 2, 1936 the BBC began transmitting the world's first public television service from Alexandra Palace in north London. So the Answer is Britain.

However the development of TV is complex and happened in more than one country. The link to Wikipedia below gives a good overview of how TV was developed.

Answer 3

The first working television ever made and demonstrated was in a London department store called Selfridges in March of 1925. John Logie Baird was the inventor and this public demonstration was the first time people has seen moving images being delivered electronically and in real time.

In 1929, the BBC used the same system to begin television broadcasting from their London studio. It was the first public television broadcast in the world.

On the other side of the Atlantic, Philo Farnsworth was working on his own version. In 1927 he showed off a system similar to Baird's "Televisor" but only two years later in 1929 he presented the first fully electronic system that had no moving parts. Farnsworth's electronic system was used commercially by RCA when they began broadcasts in 1939.

Answer 4

The US is where it was invented by Farnsworth.

Answer 5

Scotland in the United Kingdom.

Answer 6

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