Although many people claim television was invented by Philo Farnsworth in America, it was actually invented by John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who carried out his research in London England. He first demonstrated his system in 1925 and it was in commercial use by 1929.
Philo Farnsworth is credited with the first fully electronic television with no moving parts but this was not until 1929.
Television was first broadcast to the public in 1929 by the BBC from a studio in London. The system was based on John Logie Baird's developments first demonstrated in 1925.
In the US, commercial broadcasting began in 1939 using systems developed largely by Philo Farnsworth which he demonstrated in 1929. Although he showed a system in 1927, it was electro-mechanical. His 1929 demonstration was the first fully electronic system ever seen.
See: http://www.tvhistory.tv/ Much earlier than most people think. Moving pictures were transmitted almost as soon as radio was available. Predictions of flat screen TVs came as early as the 1920's. These early TVs used large mechanical scanners and were not very good. TV using a cathode ray tube was not common until after WW II.
It wasn't invented in the US.
The first working television was shown to the public in March 1925 at Sefridges department store in London, England. It's maker John Logie Baird was a Scotsman living in England. It was the first successful television system and the BBC used it to start television broadcasts in 1929.
In the US, Philo Farnsworth demonstrated his version of the electro-mechanical television two years later in 1927. However, Farnsworth is credited with making the first fully electronic television, revealed for the first time in 1929.
As with so much technology, there are several answers to the question.
John Logie Baird unveiled his electro-mechanical television system, in March of 1925. Being something of a salesman, he chose to show it to the public before demonstrating it to the scientific community.
Philo Farnsworth demonstrated his electro-mechanical television system in 1926 and 1927. This was a year later than John Logie Baird showed off his system in London. Farnsworth used a similar system at the time although the quality of the Farnsworth system was reportedly somewhat superior to Baird's.
In 1929, Farnsworth returned to the public view with the very first fully electronic television system. This overcame may of the limitations of previous systems. This was the same year that the BBC in London began broadcasting using Baird's mechanical system.
For ten years, the public saw little television while legal battles were fought over patents. It was in 1939 that RCA finally began broadcasting using Farnsworth's developments. It was in the same year that Britain went to war and television broadcasts were halted in September 1939 across the UK.
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