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Television and Broadcast Technology

• Baird: The Birth of Television  
  This site, edited by Richard G. Elen (former editor of Broadcast Sound and a writer on broadcasting history), features articles about inventor John Logie Baird and the early days of television.
• Museum of Television Online Exhibits  
  Click on "exhibits" to see a timeline of television history, an exhibit on TV pioneers, and other online exhibits.
• World's First Television Recordings  
  A website devoted to the pre-history of television in Great Britain, featuring early experiments in television by John Logie Baird in 1926. Archived are some of the earliest known television recordings, including Baird's experiments with his Phonovision system and early BBC test recordings from the 1930s.