1937 in television

Events

February 6 - The BBC drops the Baird system in favour of the Marconi-EMI 405 lines system.
May - Gilbert Seldes becomes the first television critic, with his Atlantic Monthly article, the "Errors of Television".
May 12 - The BBC use their outside broadcast unit for the first time, to televise the coronation of King George VI.
May 15 - RCA demonstrates projection television, with images enlarged to 8 by 10 feet, at the Institute of Radio Engineers convention.
June 21 - Wimbledon tennis championships first televised by the BBC.
CBS announces their efforts to develop television broadcasts.


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