<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards . No cleanup reason has been specified . Please help improve this article if you can . (April 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> This is a list of when the first publicly announced television broadcasts occurred in the mentioned countries . Non-public field tests and closed circuit demonstrations are not included . This list should not be interpreted to mean the whole of a country had television service by the specified date . For example, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and the former Soviet Union all had operational television stations and a limited number of viewers by the year 1939 . However, in those countries, only very few cities in each country had television service . Television broadcasts were not yet available in most places . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Countries </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1928 </Td> <Td> United States (Mechanical television) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1929 </Td> <Td> United Kingdom (Mechanical), Germany (Mechanical), Australia (Mechanical, experimental, after hours on two existing Melbourne radio stations), Netherlands (Experimental; in Scheveningen) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1931 </Td> <Td> France (Mechanical), Canada (Quebec only), Soviet Union (Mechanical) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1934 </Td> <Td> Australia (Electronic, experimental, Brisbane) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1935 </Td> <Td> Germany (Intermediate film; semi-electronic), Mexico (Electronic), Netherlands (Experimental; in Eindhoven by Philips) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1936 </Td> <Td> United Kingdom (Electronic - BBC Television Service), Germany (Electronic television - Deutscher Fernseh Rundfunk), United States (Electronic; experimental and non-commercial until 1941 - NBC) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1937 </Td> <Td> Free City of Danzig (Electronic), France (Electronic), Poland (Mechanical) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1938 </Td> <Td> Soviet Union (electronic) Turkey (Experimental) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1939 </Td> <Td> Empire of Japan (Electronic) (Experimental), Italy (Electronic), Poland (Electronic) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1941 </Td> <Td> United States (New York) Regular Commercial telecasts, Pennsylvania). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1942 </Td> <Td> Occupied France </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1944 </Td> <Td> France (Returned) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1945 </Td> <Td> Soviet Union (returned) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1946 </Td> <Td> United Kingdom (Returned), Philippines (Experimental) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1947 </Td> <Td> United States (California, Washington, D.C., Maryland). Missouri) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1948 </Td> <Td> Czechoslovakia (Experimental), Chile (Experimental), United States (Ohio), Washington), Minnesota, Texas, Tennessee), Canada (Experimental) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1949 </Td> <Td> United States (Iowa, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Florida) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1950 </Td> <Td> United States (Iowa (Des Moines), Tennessee (Nashville)), Cuba, Brazil, Switzerland, West Germany (experimental), Mexico (Experimental), Japan (Experimental) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1951 </Td> <Td> Argentina, Denmark, Netherlands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1952 </Td> <Td> Turkey, Canada, United States (Spokane, Colorado), Chile (Sporadically until 1956), Dominican Republic, West Germany (full service), East Germany (experimental), Poland (Returned), Thailand (Experimental), Hawaii, United Kingdom (Scotland), Venezuela </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1953 </Td> <Td> Japan (Returned), Canada, (Ottawa, Vancouver), United States (California (Fresno), Las Vegas) Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Philippines (thru ABS, now ABS - CBN), United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1954 </Td> <Td> Colombia, United States (New Hampshire, Vermont, Wyoming), Canada, (Alberta, Manitoba), Australia (experimental), Italy, Latvian SSR, Morocco, Puerto Rico, Monaco, Norway (experimental) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1955 </Td> <Td> Mexico (Returned), Estonian SSR, Guatemala, Luxembourg, Romania (experimental), Thailand (Official) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1956 </Td> <Td> Australia, French Algeria, Armenian SSR, Austria, Azerbaijan SSR, Byelorussian SSR, Cyprus, East Germany (full service), Guam, Georgian SSR, Iraq, Nicaragua, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Philippines, Panama, Portugal (experimental), Sweden, Ukrainian SSR (regular programming), Uruguay, Uzbek SSR, Yugoslavia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1957 </Td> <Td> Chile (full - service), Finland (test programming), Hong Kong, Hungary, Kuwait, Lithuanian SSR, Portugal (full service) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1958 </Td> <Td> Bermuda, China, Finland (regular programming), Kazakh SSR, Moldavian SSR, El Salvador, Iran, Peru, United Kingdom (Wales) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1959 </Td> <Td> Bulgaria, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, India, Kirghiz SSR (regular programming), Lebanon, Nigeria, Ryukyu Islands, Tajik SSR, Turkmen SSR </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1960 </Td> <Td> Albania, Costa Rica, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Norway (full service), Southern Rhodesia, United Arab Republic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1961 </Td> <Td> Ireland, Northern Rhodesia, U.S. Virgin Islands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> Ivory Coast, Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malta, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Republic of China, Trinidad and Tobago, Gibraltar, Sudan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> Bolivia, North Korea, French Polynesia, Gabon, Malaysia, Singapore, Jamaica, Uganda, Upper Volta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> American Samoa Barbados, Bangladesh, Ethiopia Guadeloupe, Liberia, Martinique, Mauritius, North Yemen, West Pakistan, Réunion, Saudi Arabia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1965 </Td> <Td> Dutch Guiana (trial and regular programming), Ghana, New Caledonia, Paraguay, Senegal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> Cambodia, Congo - Kinshasa, Greece, Tunisia, Iceland, Israel, South Vietnam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> Djibouti, French Guiana, Mongolia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Madagascar, Saint Lucia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> Jordan, Equatorial Guinea, Libya </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Abu Dhabi (now part of United Arab Emirates) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Td> Qatar, North Vietnam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Saint Christopher - Nevis - Anguilla </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Td> Bahrain, Niger, Tanzania, Togo, British Virgin Islands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Grenada, Oman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Angola, Dominica, Brunei, Kosovo (RTV Priština), Tuvalu (foreign - owned launching), South Yemen, Wallis and Futuna Islands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> South Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> Bahamas, Guinea, East Timor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> Benin, Lesotho, Maldives, Swaziland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> Burma, Sri Lanka </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> Saint Vincent and the Grenadines </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> Belize, Macau, Mozambique, South West Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> Greenland, Mauritania </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia (as Kampuchea; re-established), Cameroon, Mali, Nepal, Seychelles, Somalia, Vatican City, Laos </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Faroe Islands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1986 </Td> <Td> Mayotte, Niue </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Papua New Guinea (foreign - owned launching) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cook Islands, Guinea - Bissau, San Marino, Western Samoa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Fiji Guyana, Nauru, <P> Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Botswana, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Eritrea, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> Gambia, Kiribati, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos Islands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Malawi, Palau </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> Bhutan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> Tonga </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> Kiribati (native - closed in 2013), Western Sahara </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> Åland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Liechtenstein, Papua New Guinea (state - owned launching) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Countries </Th> </Tr>

When was television introduced to the general public