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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