Royal Television Society

The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest and possibly the best-known television society in the world. It currently has fourteen regional and national centres in the UK, as well as branches in the Republic of Ireland, Canada and the USA.

History

The group was formed as The Television Society on September 7 1927, a time when television was still very much in its experimental stage. Regular high-definition broadcasts did not even begin for another nine years until the BBC began its transmissions from Alexandra Palace in 1936.

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September 7 - 1927 - BBC - Alexandra Palace - 1936

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The society held regular meetings, mostly consisting of scientists and engineers debating and discussing the development of television. It also published regular newsletters charting the development of the new medium, which now form important historical records of the early history of television broadcasting.

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The society was granted its Royal title in 1966, and the current patron is HRH The Prince of Wales.

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1966 - HRH The Prince of Wales

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