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This television related list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items October 2021 This is a list of when the

Timeline of the introduction of television in countries

Timeline of the introduction of television in countries

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.

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A map showing when television was introduced in each country.
  1939 and before
  1940s
  1950s
  1960s
  1970s
  1980s
  1990s
  2000 and after
  No television
  No data

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.

History

1920s and 1930s

Year Countries and territories
1924 image United States (pre-experimental)
1926 image Germany (pre-experimental), image United Kingdom (pre-experimental)
1927 image Australia (pre-experimental), image Netherlands (pre-experimental)
1928 image Argentina (pre-experimental), image Canada (pre-experimental), image United States (mechanical television, experimental – W2XCW)
1929 image United Kingdom (mechanical, experimental),image Germany (mechanical, experimental),image Australia (mechanical, experimental, after hours on two existing Melbourne radio stations - 3UZ and 3DB),image Netherlands (mechanical, experimental in Scheveningen),image France (pre-experimental), image Siam (pre-experimental)
1930 image Soviet Union (pre-experimental in Moscow wired in 1929)
1931 image France (mechanical, experimental), image Canada (mechanical, experimental – VE9EC), image Soviet Union (mechanical, experimental – МТЦ), image Siam (mechanical, experimental, cancelled because of the revolution)
1932 image Argentina (mechanical, experimental),image Japan (pre-experimental)
1934 image Australia (electronic television, experimental, Brisbane),image Turkey (pre-experimental)
1935 image Germany (intermediate film; semi-electronic), image France (electronic – PTT Radio Vision), image Netherlands (electronic, experimental in Eindhoven by Philips),image Italy (pre-experimental)
1936 image United Kingdom (electronic – BBC Television Service), image Germany (electronic television - Deutscher Fernseh Rundfunk),
1937 image Free City of Danzig (electronic, experimental),image Poland (mechanical, experimental), (Doświadczalna Stacja Telewizyjna),image Peru (pre-experimental), image Chile (pre-experimental)
1938 image Soviet Union (electronic, experimental - CT USSR), image Turkey (electronic, experimental), image Uruguay (pre-experimental)
1939 image Argentina (electronic, experimental), image Brazil (electronic, experimental), image Chile (electronic, experimental), image Japan (electronic, experimental - J2PQ),image Italy (electronic, experimental - EIAR Trasmissioni Sperimentali Radiovisione),image Peru (electronic, experimental),image Poland (electronic, experimental),image United States (electronic; experimental and non-commercial until 1941 - NBC)

1940s

Year Countries and territories
1941 image United States (image New York, image Delaware, image New Jersey, image Connecticut, regular commercial telecasts (WNBT)), image Pennsylvania (WPTZ))
1942 image Mexico (pre-experimental)
1943 image Germany (image Occupied France ((Fernsehsender Paris))), image Philippines (pre-experimental), image Uruguay (electronic, experimental)
1944 image France (returned, (RDF Télévision française))
1945 image Soviet Union (returned, CT USSR),image United States (image Washington, D.C., experimental ((W3XWT)))
1946 image Brazil (pre-experimental), image Czechoslovakia (pre-experimental), image Denmark (pre-experimental), image Mexico (experimental),image United States (image Philippines (experimental, (BEC))), image United Kingdom (returned, (BBC)),image United States (image Illinois (WBKB), image Iowa, experimental (KRNT), image Washington, D.C. (WTTG))
1947 image United States (image California (KTLA), image Maryland (WMAR-TV), image Michigan (WWDT), image Missouri (KSD-TV), image Ohio (WEWS-TV), image Wisconsin (WTMJ-TV))
1948 image Brazil (experimental, Rede Tupi), image Canada (experimental), image Cuba (pre-experimental), image Czechoslovakia (experimental),, image  Switzerland (pre-experimental), image United States (image Kentucky (WAVE-TV), image Louisiana (WDSU-TV), image Massachusetts (WBZ-TV), image Minnesota (KSTP-TV), image New Mexico (KOB-TV), image San Francisco (KPIX-TV), image Tennessee (WMCT), image Texas (WBAP-TV), image Utah (KDYL-TV), image Virginia (WTVR-TV), image Washington (KRSC-TV))
1949 image Denmark (experimental), image Italy (experimental), image United States (image Alabama (WAFM-TV), image Arizona (KPHO-TV), image Florida (WTVJ), image Georgia (WSB-TV), image Iowa (WOC-TV), image Indiana (WFBM-TV), image Missouri (WDAF-TV), image North Carolina (WBTV), image Oklahoma (WKY-TV), image Rhode Island (WJAR)), image Vatican City (pre-experimental), image Venezuela (pre-experimental)

1950s

Year Countries and territories
1950 image Brazil (image São Paulo (Rede Tupi, now defunct)),image Cuba (CMQ-TV), image Dominican Republic (pre-experimental), image France (image Nord (Télé-Lille)), image West Germany (Northwest Germany, experimental, NWDR)), image Hungary (pre-experimental), image Iceland (pre-experimental), image Japan (returned, electronic, experimental, NHK), image Mexico (official, XHTV-TV), image Monaco (pre-experimental), image French Morocco (pre-experimental), image Norway (pre-experimental), image Romania (pre-experimental), image Saudi Arabia (pre-experimental), image South Korea (pre-experimental), image Soviet Union (image Latvian SSR (pre-experimental), image  Switzerland (experimental), image United States (image Des Moines (WOI-TV), image Nashville (WSM-TV))
1951 image Argentina (LR3 TV), image Brazil (image Rio de Janeiro (Rede Tupi, now defunct)), image Colombia (pre-experimental), image Denmark (DR),image Mexico (XEW-TV, image Tamaulipas (XELD-TV), now defunct),image Netherlands (NTS),, image Portugal (pre-experimental), image Soviet Union (image Estonian SSR (pre-experimental)
1952 image Bulgaria (pre-experimental), image Chile (sporadically until 1959), image Canada (image Quebec (CBFT), image Ontario (CBLT)), image Dominican Republic (La Voz Dominicana), image Finland (pre-experimental), image East Germany (experimental and regular programming, DFF), image West Germany (Northwest Germany, full service, NWDR-Fernsehen)), image Guatemala (pre-experimental), image Iraq (pre-experimental), image Luxembourg (pre-experimental), image Mexico (XHGC-TV, image Puebla (XEQ-TV)), image Poland (returned, TV Polska), image Spain (pre-experimental), image Thailand (experimental),image Turkey (İTÜ TV, now defunct),image United Kingdom (image Scotland (BBC TV Service Scotland)), image United States (image Colorado (KBTV), image Hawaii (KGMB), image Oregon (KPTV), image Spokane (KHQ-TV)), image Venezuela (YVKA-TV, now defunct)
1953 image Alaska (KATV, now defunct), image Austria (pre-experimental), image Belgium (image Wallonia (INR Télé Expérimentale Belge), image Flanders (NIR Belgische Televisie)),image Canada (image Ottawa (CBOT), image British Columbia (CBUT)), image Czechoslovakia (experimental), image El Salvador (pre-experimental), image France (image Bas-Rhin (Télé-Strasbourg)), image Hungary (experimental), image Japan (returned, NHK),, image Lithuanian SSR (pre-experimental), image Malta (pre-experimental), image Mexico (image Baja California (XETV)),, image Nicaragua (pre-experimental), image Philippines (thru ABS (DZAQ-TV), now ABS-CBN Corporation), image Puerto Rico (pre-experimental), image Saar (Telesaar),,image Soviet Union (image Armenian SSR (pre-experimental), image Azerbaijan SSR (pre-experimental), image Byelorussian SSR (pre-experimental), image Georgian SSR (pre-experimental), image Ukrainian SSR (pre-experimental), image Uzbek SSR (pre-experimental)), image Sweden (pre-experimental), image  Switzerland (German television, SRG), image United Kingdom (image Guernsey, image Jersey (pre-experimental), image United Kingdom (image Northern Ireland, (BBC TV Service NI)), image United States (image Arkansas (KRTV), image Fresno (KMJ-TV), image Idaho (KFXD-TV), image Nevada (KLAS-TV), image Kansas (KTVH), image North Dakota (KCJB-TV), image South Dakota (KELO-TV), image Maine (WABI-TV), image Montana (KXLF-TV)), image Vatican City (experimental, (HVJ)), image Yugoslavia (image SR Croatia (pre-experimental)
1954 image Algeria (pre-experimental), image Australia (experimental, (ABC)),image Bulgaria (experimental, MEI), image Canada (image Manitoba (CBWT), image Saskatchewan (CKCK-TV), image Alberta (CHCT-TV), image New Brunswick (CHSJ-TV), image Nova Scotia (CJCB-TV)), image Colombia (HJRN-TV), image Czechoslovakia (ČST), image France (image Bouches-du-Rhône (Télé Marseille), image Rhône (Télé-Lyon)), image Guam (pre-experimental), image Hungary (experimental) image Italy (official, Programma Nazionale), image Mexico (image Chihuahua (XEJ-TV)), image Monaco (TMC - first microstate to have a native channel), image French Morocco (TELMA, went defunct shortly after),image Norway (experimental, NRK), image Portugal (Lajes Field (CSL-TV, first AFRTS television station)),image Puerto Rico (WKAQ-TV), image Soviet Union (image Latvian SSR (Latvijas Televīzija)), image  Switzerland (French television, Télévision Genevoise), image United States (image New Hampshire (WMUR-TV), image Vermont (WMVT), image Wyoming (KFBC-TV)), image Uruguay (pre-experimental)
1955 image Austria (ORF Fernsehen), image Brazil (image Minas Gerais (TV Itacolomi, now defunct)), image Canada (image Newfoundland And Labrador (CJON-TV)), image Finland (test programming, TV-kerho),image Guatemala (TGW-TV, now defunct), image Iceland (AFRTS Keflavik), image Luxembourg (Télé-Luxembourg), image Saudi Arabia (Dhahran Airfield, experimental and regular programming, AJL-TV, now defunct), image Soviet Union (image Estonian SSR (TTV)), image Thailand (official, HSI-TV),image Romania (experimental), image United Kingdom (image Guernsey, image Jersey (BBC))
1956 image Australia (image New South Wales (TCN), image Victoria (HSV)), image France (image Algerian Departments (RTF Television Algiers)),image Canada (image Prince Edward Island (CFCY-TV)), image El Salvador (YSEB-TV),image Finland (regular programming, TES-TV, now defunct),image United States (image Guam (KUAM-TV)), image Iraq (BTV, now defunct and replaced by Al-Iraqiya TV), image Nicaragua (YNSA-TV),image United States (image Panama Canal Zone ((CFN))),image Romania (TVR), image South Korea (HLKZ-TV), image Soviet Union (image Armenian SSR (Armenian Television), image Azerbaijan SSR (Baku Television Studio), image Byelorussian SSR (Belarusian Television), image Georgian SSR (1TV), image Ukrainian SSR (regular programming, Ukrainske Telebachennia), image Uzbek SSR (Tashkent Television Studio)), image Spain (TVE), image Portugal (experimental, RTP), image Sweden, (Radiotjänst TV), image Uruguay (SAETA),, image Yugoslavia (image SR Croatia (RTV Zagreb))
1957 image Chile (UCV Televisión), image Cyprus (RIK), image Hong Kong (subscription, Rediffusion Television),image Hungary (MTV), image Lithuanian SSR (TV Vilnius),image Malta,image Portugal (full service, RTP),
1958 image Bermuda (ZBM-TV), image China (Peking Television),image Czechoslovakia (ČST Bratislava), image Iran (TVI),, image Malaya (mechanical, experimental), image Peru (OAD-TV), image Soviet Union (image Kazakh SSR (Almaty Television Studio), image Kaliningrad Oblast ( [ru]), image Moldavian SSR (TVM)), image  Switzerland (Italian television, TSI), image United Kingdom (image Wales, TWW),image Yugoslavia (image SR Serbia (RTV Belgrade), image SR Slovenia ((RTV Ljubljana)))
1959 image Australia (image Queensland (QTQ), image South Australia (NWS), image Western Australia (TVW)), image Brazil (image Rio Grande do Sul (TV Piratini, now defunct)), image Bulgaria (Bulgarian Television), image Chile (full service, Canal 2 UC), image Ecuador (HCJB-TV, now defunct),image Haiti (4VMR-TV), image Honduras (HRTG-TV), image India (AIR-TV),image Lebanon (CLT), image Nigeria (WNTV), image Ryukyu Islands (KSDW-TV),image Soviet Union (image Crimean ASSR ( [ru]), image Kirghiz SSR (regular programming, KTRK), image Tatar ASSR ( [ru]), image Tajik SSR (Shabakai Yakum), image Turkmen SSR (Turkmen Television))

1960s

Year Countries and territories
1960 image Albania (experimental and regular programming, (RTSH)), image Australia (image Tasmania (TVT)), image Brazil (image Distrito Federal (TV Brasília), image Paraná (TV Paranaense), image Bauru (TV Bauru), image Bahia (TV Itapoan), image Pernambuco (TV Jornal do Commercio), image Ceará (TV Ceará, now defunct)), image Costa Rica (Teletica), image Greece (experimental, PPC), image Netherlands Antilles (PJC-TV), image New Zealand (NZBC TV), image Norway (full service, NRK), image Panama (RPC), image Southern Rhodesia (RTV), image Soviet Union (image Sakhalin Oblast ( [ru])), image United Arab Republic ((Egyptian Television Network), image Syria (Channel 1)),
1961 image Brazil (image Goiás (TV Rádio Clube (TV Goyá)), image Espírito Santo (TV Vitória), image Pará (TV Marajoara, now defunct)), image Cambodia (experimental, NEC),image Ireland (Telefís Éireann),image Kuwait (Kuwait Television), image United States Virgin Islands (WBNB-TV, now defunct), image Yugoslavia (image SR Bosnia (RTV Sarajevo)), image Northern Rhodesia (RTV)
1962 image Australia (image Australian Capital Territory (CTC)), image Congo-Brazzaville (RTC), image Ethiopia (ETV), image France (image Gironde (Télé-Bordeaux Aquitaine), image Haute-Garonne (Télé Toulouse-Pyrénées)), image Gibraltar (GBC),image Indonesia (experimental and regular programming, Jajasan TVRI),image Kenya (VOK), image Malta (MTV),image Sudan (Sudan Television Service), image Taiwan (TTV),image Trinidad and Tobago (TTT)
1963 image Brazil (image Maranhão (TV Difusora)), image Upper Volta (VoltaVision), image Gabon (RTG), image Ivory Coast (RTI), image Jamaica (JBC, now defunct), image Malaysia (Televisyen Malaysia),image

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