TV is Dead: Long Live TV

Synopsis: When inventor John Logie Baird’s pioneering work came to fruition in November 1936, today’s multi-channel satellite era was unimaginable. To mark the anniversary of the first broadcasts, this BBC TV programme recaptures the spirit of the early days with previously unseen footage, charts a technological history of television and provides a searching look into its future. Have the latest improvements driven television into a cul-de-sac, and are there any modern day innovators to guide the medium into the 21st century?
Series: Horizon Special, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production: 1996
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 2/11/96.
Subjects: Media studies; Technology
Keywords: history of broadcasting

Name: BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
Contact: Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email: BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
Web: https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone: +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
Address: BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK
Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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