TELEVISION’S PROGRESS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21544, 16 January 1932, Page 12

TELEVISION’S PROGRESS

GREAT EXPECTATIONS BROADCASTING PROPOSALS. LONDON, January 7. Television, which will enable the lookerin to sit at home and see events happening at a distance, will be general in two years if the confident expectations of some experts are realised. At a meeting of Baird Television, Ltd., in London, it was declared by one speaker that television would soon bo supplanting mere sound broadcasts. Experts state that much progress has been made on the technical side, but has been retarded by the need of more suitable wave-lengths.

Lord Ampthill, chairman, informed the shareholders that it was now possible to transmit scenes which included several pex-sons; it was also possible to broadcast specially-written plays. It was hoped shortly to establish the broadcasting of television in England as a result of conferences with the British Broadcasting Corporation. The general technique of the system had been greatly improved, especially in connection with outdoor scenes, a notable broadcast being the last Derby. An improved form of televisor should soon be commercialised.

The company’s expenditure in the past year had been £70,057. The wireless correspondent of The Times, describing successful New York experiments, says that high-grade images are being produced. This class of television is of limited applicability, however, and real progress is impossible on the present wave-lengths. The results attained by the Baird system exceed those of any comparable type, and the British Broadcasting Corporation is exploring its entertainment value, which is the crux of television’s popularity.