Country
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Television service establishment
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Oldest surviving recording
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Subject
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Afghanistan
|
19 November 1946
|
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Albania
|
14 December 1955
|
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Algeria
|
8 October 1962
|
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Andorra
|
28 July 1993
|
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Angola
|
1 December 1976
|
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Antigua and Barbuda
|
11 November 1981
|
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Argentina
|
24 October 1945
|
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Armenia
|
2 March 1992
|
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Australia
|
1 November 1945
|
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Austria
|
14 December 1955
|
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Azerbaijan
|
2 March 1992
|
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Bahamas
|
18 September 1973
|
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Bahrain
|
21 September 1971
|
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Bangladesh
|
17 September 1974
|
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Barbados
|
9 December 1966
|
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Belarus
|
24 October 1945
|
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Belgium
|
27 December 1945
|
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Belize
|
25 September 1981
|
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Benin
|
20 September 1960
|
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Bhutan
|
21 September 1971
|
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Bolivia
|
14 November 1945
|
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
22 May 1992
|
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Botswana
|
17 October 1966
|
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Brazil
|
24 October 1945
|
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Brunei
|
21 September 1984
|
|
Bulgaria
|
14 December 1955
|
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Burkina Faso
|
20 September 1960
|
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Burundi
|
18 September 1962
|
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Cambodia
|
14 December 1955
|
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Cameroon
|
20 September 1960
|
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Canada
|
9 November 1945
|
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Cape Verde
|
16 September 1975
|
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Central African Republic
|
20 September 1960
|
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Chad
|
20 September 1960
|
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Chile
|
24 October 1945
|
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China
|
24 October 1945
|
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Colombia
|
5 November 1945
|
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Comoros
|
12 November 1975
|
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Congo
|
20 September 1960
|
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Costa Rica
|
2 November 1945
|
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
20 September 1960
|
|
Croatia
|
22 May 1992
|
|
Cuba
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Cyprus
|
20 September 1960
|
|
Czech Republic
|
19 January 1993
|
|
North Korea
|
17 September 1991
|
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
20 September 1960
|
|
Denmark
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Djibouti
|
20 September 1977
|
|
Dominica
|
18 December 1978
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Ecuador
|
21 December 1945
|
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Egypt
|
24 October 1945
|
|
El Salvador
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
12 November 1968
|
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Eritrea
|
28 May 1993
|
|
Estonia
|
17 September 1991
|
|
Ethiopia
|
13 November 1945
|
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Fiji
|
13 October 1970
|
|
Finland
|
14 December 1955
|
|
France
|
24 October 1945
|
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Gabon
|
20 September 1960
|
|
Gambia
|
21 September 1965
|
|
Georgia
|
31 July 1992
|
|
Germany
|
22 March 1935?
|
22 March 1935
|
Eugen Hadamovsky announces the birth of the German television service
|
Ghana
|
8 March 1957
|
|
Greece
|
25 October 1945
|
|
Grenada
|
17 September 1974
|
|
Guatemala
|
21 November 1945
|
|
Guinea
|
12 December 1958
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
17 September 1974
|
|
Guyana
|
20 September 1966
|
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Haiti
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Honduras
|
17 December 1945
|
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Hungary
|
14 December 1955
|
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Iceland
|
19 November 1946
|
|
India
|
30 October 1945
|
|
Indonesia
|
28 September 1950
|
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Iran
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Iraq
|
21 December 1945
|
|
Ireland
|
14 December 1955
|
|
Israel
|
11 May 1949
|
|
Italy
|
14 December 1955
|
|
Jamaica
|
18 September 1962
|
|
Japan
|
18 December 1956
|
|
Jordan
|
14 December 1955
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
2 March 1992
|
|
Kenya
|
16 December 1963
|
|
Kiribati
|
14 September 1999
|
|
Kuwait
|
14 May 1963
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
2 March 1992
|
|
Laos
|
14 December 1955
|
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Latvia
|
17 September 1991
|
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Lebanon
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Lesotho
|
17 October 1966
|
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Liberia
|
2 November 1945
|
|
Libya
|
14 December 1955
|
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Liechtenstein
|
18 September 1990
|
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Lithuania
|
17 September 1991
|
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Luxembourg
|
24 October 1945
|
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Macedonia
|
8 April 1993
|
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Madagascar
|
20 September 1960
|
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Malawi
|
1 December 1964
|
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Malaysia
|
17 September 1957
|
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Maldives
|
21 September 1965
|
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Mali
|
28 September 1960
|
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Malta
|
1 December 1964
|
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Marshall Islands
|
17 September 1991
|
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Mauritania
|
27 October 1961
|
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Mauritius
|
24 April 1968
|
|
Mexico
|
7 November 1945
|
|
Federated States of Micronesia
|
17 September 1991
|
|
Moldova
|
2 March 1992
|
|
Monaco
|
28 May 1993
|
|
Mongolia
|
27 October 1961
|
|
Montenegro
|
28 June 2006
|
|
Morocco
|
12 November 1956
|
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Mozambique
|
16 September 1975
|
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Myanmar
|
19 April 1948
|
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Namibia
|
23 April 1990
|
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Nauru
|
14 September 1999
|
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Nepal
|
14 December 1955
|
|
Netherlands
|
10 December 1945
|
|
New Zealand
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Nicaragua
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Niger
|
20 September 1960
|
|
Nigeria
|
7 October 1960
|
|
Norway
|
27 November 1945
|
|
Oman
|
7 October 1971
|
|
Pakistan
|
30 September 1947
|
|
Palau
|
15 December 1994
|
|
Panama
|
13 November 1945
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
10 October 1975
|
|
Paraguay
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Peru
|
31 October 1945
|
|
Philippines
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Poland
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Portugal
|
14 December 1955
|
|
Qatar
|
21 September 1971
|
|
Romania
|
31 December 1956
|
31 December 1957?
|
New Year's Eve entertainment program
|
Russia
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Rwanda
|
18 September 1962
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
23 September 1983
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
18 September 1979
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
16 September 1980
|
|
Samoa
|
15 December 1976
|
|
San Marino
|
2 March 1992
|
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
16 September 1975
|
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Saudi Arabia
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Senegal
|
28 September 1960
|
|
Serbia
|
1 November 2000
|
|
Seychelles
|
21 September 1976
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
27 September 1961
|
|
Singapore
|
21 September 1965
|
|
Slovakia
|
19 January 1993
|
|
Slovenia
|
22 May 1992
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
19 September 1978
|
|
Somalia
|
20 September 1960
|
|
South Africa
|
7 November 1945
|
|
South Korea
|
17 September 1991
|
|
Spain
|
14 December 1955
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
14 December 1955
|
|
Sudan
|
12 November 1956
|
|
Suriname
|
4 December 1975
|
|
Swaziland
|
24 September 1968
|
|
Sweden
|
19 November 1946
|
|
Switzerland
|
10 September 2002
|
|
Syria
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Tajikistan
|
2 March 1992
|
|
Tanzania
|
14 December 1961
|
|
Thailand
|
16 December 1946
|
|
Timor-Leste
|
27 September 2002
|
|
Togo
|
20 September 1960
|
|
Tonga
|
14 September 1999
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
18 September 1962
|
|
Tunisia
|
12 November 1956
|
|
Turkey
|
24 October 1945
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
2 March 1992
|
|
Tuvalu
|
5 September 2000
|
|
Uganda
|
25 October 1962
|
|
Ukraine
|
24 October 1945
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
9 December 1971
|
|
United Kingdom
|
- 30 September 1929 (mechanical)
- 2 November 1936 (electric)
|
- 21 April 1933 (mechanical)
- 12 May 1937 (electric)
|
- Looking in, First ever television revue
- Coronation of King George VI
|
United States
|
- 13 January 1928 (mechanical)
- January 1936 (electric)
|
- 12 March 1931 (mechanical)
|
|
Uruguay
|
18 December 1945
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
2 March 1992
|
|
Vanuatu
|
15 September 1981
|
|
Venezuela
|
15 November 1945
|
|
Vietnam
|
20 September 1977
|
|
Yemen
|
30 September 1947
|
|
Zambia
|
1 December 1964
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
25 August 1980
|
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