TV Production

The first British television broadcast was made by Baird Television's electromechanical system over the BBC radio transmitter in September 1929.

On November 2, 1936 the BBC began broadcasting a dual-system service, alternating between Marconi-EMI's 405-line standard and Baird's improved 240-line standard, from Alexandra Palace in London, making the BBC Television Service (now BBC one) the world's first regular high-definition television service.


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Film Production

 

The history of film began in the late 1880s with the invention of the first movie camera. Motion pictures were initially exhibited as a carnival novelty and developed to one of the most important tools of communication and entertainment, and mass media in the 20th century and into the 21st century. Most films before 1930 were silent. Motion picture films have substantially affected the arts, technology, and politics.

Around 66,000 people work in film and cinema in the UK. More widely, our creative industries as a whole employ 1.8m people, from writers and designers, via set builders and special effects technicians, to programmers to printers. Everyone working in the creative industries depends on trademarks, patents or copyrights to safeguard their investments.