
Even though mechanical television systems had been relegated due to the more popular electronic systems, Baird still contributed to the newer medium. Baird�۪s television systems were used by the BBC until 1937, when they decided to switch to an electronic television system that was created by EMI-Marconi. It also made the first television program for the BBC. This was the precursor to him establishing his own company, the Baird Television Development Company Ltd., which holds the distinction of producing the first transmission across the Atlantic from London to New York in 1928. In 1927, the Scotsman had already transmitted a long-distance television signal between Glasgow and London. A larger version of this illustration can be found here. More demonstrations followed thereafter: In July of 1928, he demonstrated the very first color transmission in the world, and in 1932, he demonstrated the first ultra-short wave transmissions in Britain.Ībove - An illustration from Radio News of April, 1928. A few months later in January of 1926, Baird demonstrated his transmission success to both a reporter from the Times newspaper as well as members of the Royal Institution. After this success, Baird looked for publicity by paying a visit to the offices of the Daily Express newspaper, yet the editor at the time thought him to be mad and warned his staff to be wary of him. On October 2, 1925, Baird made a breakthrough by succeeding at transmitting the very first grayscale, television image. After getting a massive electric shock and consequently being evicted by his landlord, Baird took his experiments to a workshop in London�۪s Soho neighborhood. On the back of this success, the Scotsman, in the early 1920s, began to rent a workshop in Hastings, which he would use for his experimentations. He was successful since he bettered the signal conditioning from both the video amplifier and the photocell. The First Televisionīaird�۪s success was founded upon being able to create the first moving, live, grayscale television image that came from reflected light.

Baird was a direct beneficiary of this technology of Korn�۪s.

His circuit worked even without the advantage of electronic amplification. Korn�۪s circuits permitted him to send pictures either by wireless or by telephone between oceans and countries. Arthur Korn was a German-born, Jewish inventor, and he both invented and crafted the first circuits for signal conditioning that were for image transmission.
