History of broadcasting
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It is generally recognized that the first radio transmission was made from a temporary station set up by Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi in 1895 on the Isle of Wight. This followed on from pioneeri
Guglielmo Marconi
The Marconi Company was formed in England in 1910. The photo shows a typical early scene, from 1906, with Marconi employee Donald Manson at right.
Ferdinand Braun
Portrait of John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, in 1925, founding director general of the BBC from 1922 to 1938
History of television
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The history of television begins with the work of many individuals in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Constantin Perskyi coined the word television in a paper read to the International Electri
History of broadcasting
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Family watching TV, 1958
The earliest photograph of a television picture, showing the face of Oliver Hutchinson in June 1926. The television picture was projected using Baird's television camera.
Tihanyi' Radioskop patent (1926) was recognized as Document of Universal Significance by the UNESCO