Year
|
Countries and territories
|
1950
|
Brazil (
São Paulo (
Rede Tupi, now defunct)),
[20]
Cuba (
CMQ-TV),
France (
Nord (
Télé-Lille)),
West Germany (
Northwest Germany, experimental,
NWDR)),
Japan (returned, electronic, experimental,
NHK),
Mexico (official,
XHTV-TV),
Switzerland (experimental),
United States (
Des Moines (
WOI-TV),
Nashville (
WSM-TV))
|
1951
|
Argentina (
LR3 TV),
Brazil (
Rio de Janeiro (
Rede Tupi, now defunct
[21])),
Denmark (
DR),
[22]
Mexico (
XEW-TV,
Tamaulipas (
XELD-TV), now defunct),
[23]
Netherlands (
NTS),
[7]
|
1952
|
Chile (sporadically until 1959),
Canada (
Quebec (
CBFT),
Ontario (
CBLT)),
Dominican Republic (
La Voz Dominicana),
East Germany (experimental and regular programming,
DFF),
West Germany (
Northwest Germany, full service,
NWDR-Fernsehen)),
Mexico (
XHGC-TV,
Puebla (
XEQ-TV)
[24]),
Poland (returned,
TV Polska),
Thailand (experimental),
[25]
Turkey (
İTÜ TV, now defunct),
[26]
United Kingdom (
Scotland (
BBC TV Service Scotland)),
United States (
Colorado (
KBTV),
Hawaii (
KGMB),
Oregon (
KPTV),
Spokane (
KHQ-TV)),
Venezuela (
YVKA-TV, now defunct)
|
1953
|
Alaska (
KATV, now defunct),
Belgium (
Wallonia (
INR Télé Expérimentale Belge),
Flanders (
NIR Belgische Televisie)),
[27]
Canada (
Ottawa (
CBOT),
British Columbia (
CBUT)),
Czechoslovakia (experimental),
France (
Bas-Rhin (
Télé-Strasbourg)),
Hungary (experimental),
Japan (returned,
NHK),
[28]
Mexico (
Baja California (
XETV)),
[29]
Philippines (thru ABS (
DZAQ-TV), now
ABS-CBN Corporation),
Saar (
Telesaar),
[30]
Switzerland (German television,
SRG),
United Kingdom (
Northern Ireland, (
BBC TV Service NI)
[31]),
United States (
Arkansas (
KRTV),
Fresno (
KMJ-TV),
Idaho (
KFXD-TV),
Nevada (
KLAS-TV),
Kansas (
KTVH),
North Dakota (
KCJB-TV),
South Dakota (
KELO-TV),
Maine (
WABI-TV),
Montana (
KXLF-TV)),
Vatican City (experimental,
HVJ)
|
1954
|
Australia (experimental,
ABC),
[32]
Bulgaria (experimental,
MEI),
Canada (
Manitoba (
CBWT),
Saskatchewan (
CKCK-TV),
Alberta (
CHCT-TV),
New Brunswick (
CHSJ-TV),
Nova Scotia (
CJCB-TV)),
Colombia (
HJRN-TV),
Czechoslovakia (
ČST),
France (
Bouches-du-Rhône (
Télé Marseille),
Rhône (
Télé-Lyon)),
Hungary (experimental)
Italy (official,
Programma Nazionale),
Mexico (
Chihuahua (
XEJ-TV)),
Monaco (
TMC - first microstate to have a native channel),
French Morocco (
TELMA, went defunct shortly after),
[33]
Norway (experimental,
NRK),
Portugal (
Lajes Field (
Channel 8, first AFRTS television station)),
[34]
Puerto Rico (
WKAQ-TV),
Soviet Union (
Latvian SSR (
Latvijas Televīzija)),
Switzerland (French television,
Télévision Genevoise),
United States (
New Hampshire (
WMUR-TV),
Vermont (
WMVT),
Wyoming (
KFBC-TV))
|
1955
|
Austria (
ORF Fernsehen),
Brazil (
Minas Gerais (
TV Itacolomi, now defunct
[35])),
Canada (
Newfoundland And Labrador (
CJON-TV)),
Finland (test programming,
TV-kerho),
[36]
Guatemala (
TGW-TV, now defunct),
Luxembourg (
Télé-Luxembourg),
Saudi Arabia (
Dhahran Airfield, experimental and regular programming,
AJL-TV, now defunct),
Soviet Union (
Estonian SSR (
TTV)),
Thailand (official,
HSI-TV),
[37]
Romania (experimental),
United Kingdom (
Guernsey,
Jersey (
BBC))
|
1956
|
Australia (
New South Wales (
TCN),
Victoria (
HSV)),
France (
Algerian Departments (
RTF Television Algiers)),
[38]
Canada (
Prince Edward Island (
CFCY-TV)),
El Salvador (
YSEB-TV),
[39]
Finland (regular programming,
TES-TV, now defunct),
[36],
United States (
Guam (
KUAM-TV)),
Iraq (
BTV, now defunct and replaced by Al-Iraqiya TV),
Nicaragua (
YNSA-TV),
[40]
United States (
Panama Canal Zone (
CFN)),
[41]
Romania (
TVR),
South Korea (
HLKZ-TV),
Soviet Union (
Armenian SSR (
Armenian Television),
Azerbaijan SSR (
Baku Television Studio),
Byelorussian SSR (
Belarusian Television),
Georgian SSR (
1TV),
Ukrainian SSR (regular programming,
Ukrainske Telebachennia),
Uzbek SSR (
Tashkent Television Studio)),
Spain (
TVE),
Portugal (experimental,
RTP),
Sweden, (
Radiotjänst TV),
Uruguay (
SAETA),
[42],
Yugoslavia (
SR Croatia (
RTV Zagreb))
[43]
|
1957
|
Chile (
UCV Televisión),
Cyprus (
RIK),
Hong Kong (subscription,
Rediffusion Television),
[44]
Hungary (
MTV),
Lithuanian SSR (
TV Vilnius),
[45]
Malta,
[46]
Portugal (full service,
RTP),
|
1958
|
Bermuda (
ZBM-TV),
China (
Peking Television),
[47]
Czechoslovakia (
ČST Bratislava),
Iran (
TVI),
[48]
[49],
Malaya (mechanical, experimental),
Peru (
OAD-TV),
Soviet Union (
Kazakh SSR (
Almaty Television Studio),
Kaliningrad Oblast (
Kaliningrad Television Studio [
ru]),
Moldavian SSR (
TVM)),
Switzerland (Italian television,
TSI),
United Kingdom (
Wales,
TWW),
[50]
Yugoslavia (
SR Serbia (
RTV Belgrade),
SR Slovenia (
RTV Ljubljana))
|
1959
|
Australia (
Queensland (
QTQ),
South Australia (
NWS),
Western Australia (
TVW)),
Brazil (
Rio Grande do Sul (
TV Piratini, now defunct
[51])),
Bulgaria (
Bulgarian Television),
Chile (full service,
Canal 2 UC),
Ecuador (
HCJB-TV, now defunct),
[52]
Haiti (
4VMR-TV),
Honduras (
HRTG-TV),
India (
AIR-TV),
[53]
Lebanon (
CLT),
Nigeria (
WNTV),
Ryukyu Islands (
KSDW-TV),
[54]
Soviet Union (
Crimean ASSR (
Crimean Television [
ru]),
Kirghiz SSR (regular programming,
KTRK),
Tatar ASSR (
Kazan Television Studio [
ru]),
Tajik SSR (
Shabakai Yakum),
Turkmen SSR (
Turkmen Television))
|