Television Study and BBC Research

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1.Why are Lord Reith and John Logie Baird so important in terms of the development of TV? John Logie Baird invented the first working TV on the 26th of January in 1926, and inventor of both the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first purely electronic colour television picture tube. Lord Reith was the director of the BBC and he did not like TV.
2. How did television develop during the 1930’s? Pictures could be transmitted into peoples TV live.
3. What was the impact of WW2 on TV, especially Post War? World War II, led to a period of prosperity and consumerism that had effects on societies.
4. What television genre developed during the late 1940’s and into the 1950’s? The television genre that became very popular was Western films


1920s The British Broadcasting Company, as the BBC was originally called, was formed on 18 October 1922 by a group of leading wireless manufacturers including Marconi. Daily broadcasting by the BBC began in Marconi’s London studio, 2LO, in the Strand, on November 14, 1922. John Reith, a 33-year-old Scottish engineer, was appointed General Manager of the BBC at the end of 1922. 1930s - the birth of television This was the decade that changed everything, and the BBC was aware that it might have to operate in a radically different way should war come. This didn’t stop the BBC investing and developing, and it was the first broadcaster to begin a regularly scheduled TV service, in 1936. Radio went from strength to strength with the brand new Broadcasting House opening in 1932. 1940s - the BBC at War and beyond The BBC at war saw fundamental changes in programme making practice, live reporting from battle scenes, and was a fundamental source of propaganda news to the free world. Post war a TV news service was launched, the first post-war Olympic Games was televised, and Children’s Television began. BBC engineers invented the first means of recording live TV, and extended the corporations international presence. 1950s - the age of television The 50s was the decade of television, with the televising of the Coronation the driving force behind a massive increase in sales of sets. Radio was still very important, and early in the decade the world’s longest running radio soap opera was born - The Archers. BBC TV’s second big debut of the decade came in 1958 with the start of Blue Peter - still running to this day. Public service broadcasting refers to broadcasting intended for public benefit rather than to serve purely commercial interests. The way in which the BBC is funded places significant responsibilities on the BBC as an organisation. Specifically, it has to: provide value for money by focusing expenditure on the programmes and services the public most wants from the BBC; ensure that its output is then delivered as cost efficiently as possible; ensure effective and efficient collection of the licence fee; and maximise funding from other sources, most significantly BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial trading operation, in a manner consistent with the terms of its Charter and other obligations. This makes the BBC diffferent as they provide the service that the public wants

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