From black and white to streaming: 100 years of television

Sa Usap Tayo, we look back on a century of television and explore how viewing habits have changed from the Philippines to Australia; from black and white screens to on-demand and streaming.

John Logie Baird demonstrates his "televisor", a receiver for a mechanical system of television transmission involving a spinning disk. Source: Getty / Bettmann/Bettmann Archive

Key Points

• In 1926, John Logie Baird staged the world’s first public demonstration of television in London; this was followed by the BBC launching the first regular TV service in 1936 and the landmark outside broadcast of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953.
• Television first aired in the Philippines in 1953 through DZAQ-TV Channel 3; in Australia, TV began in 1956 alongside the Melbourne Olympic Games, with TCN-9 Sydney as the country’s first station.
• Today, Australians spend around two and a half to three hours a day watching free-to-air and on-demand television; when streaming is included, total viewing time can reach up to six hours a day.

LISTEN TO

Mula black and white hanggang streaming: Telebisyon, ipinagdiriwang ang 100 taon

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