1950 in Television - Events

Events

  • February 12 – European Broadcasting Union (EBU) inaugurated.
  • February 23 – First televised report of general election results in the UK.
  • April 3 – The BBC aspect ratio changes from 5:4 to 4:3.
  • May – Desilu Productions formed by Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball.
  • August 31 – First television broadcast station in Mexico, XHTV, Mexico City on channel 4.
  • September 18 – First television broadcast station in Brazil, PRF-TV, São Paulo on channel 3.
  • September 30 – First BBC television broadcast from an aircraft.
  • October 10 – The FCC approves CBS color TV system, effective November 20.
  • The number of homes in the US that own a television set reaches the one million mark.

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