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), [118] Fiji ( FijiTV), [119] Nauru ( NTV), Rwanda ( RTV) |
1992 | São Tomé and Príncipe ( TVS, regular), Solomon Islands ( TTV), South Ossetia (Ir), [120] 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), [121] Gambia ( Gambia Radio & Television Service), Saint Helena ( Sure South Atlantic Ltd), Turks and Caicos Islands ( WIV Channel 4) |
1996 | Palestine ( PBC) |
1997 | Somaliland ( Somaliland Television) [122] |
1999 | Bhutan ( BBS), [123] Malawi ( TVM), [124] Tuvalu (limited service) [125] |
Year | Countries and territories |
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2000 | Botswana ( BTV, national), Tonga ( TV Tonga, national) |
2001 | Tokelau (foreign channels, no local service), [126] Tristan da Cunha ( BFBS, live service) |
2002 | Kiribati ( TV Kiribati, native, but suspended from 2013 to 2018) |
2004 | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [127] [128] ( Laayoune TV) |
2005 | South Sudan ( South Sudan Television) [129] |
2006 | Comoros ( ORTC), Palau ( OTV, returned), [130] Pitcairn Islands [131] |
2008 | Liechtenstein ( 1 FL TV), Papua New Guinea (state-owned launching) ( NBC Television) |
2011 | Norfolk Island ( TVNI, local) |
2018 | Kiribati (Kiri 1 TV, returned) [132] |
2019 | Tuvalu (returned, Tuvalu.TV) [133] |
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