Google's Tuesday search homepage takeover commemorates the 90th anniversary of a hugely important moment in the history of television: the first mechanical TV demonstration. In addition to the ...

On this day in 1926, John Logie Baird demonstrated his "televisor" invention for the Royal Institution and The Times of London. Today’s Google logo has been replaced with a doodle marking the 90th ...

Ninety years ago, John Logie Baird became the first person to demonstrate a working television, in front of a group of 50 scientists in London. One of his colleagues who witnessed that momentous day ...

There is some irony, perhaps, in an Internet giant celebrating the 90th anniversary of television, as Google has with its latest Doodle. A much-loved presence in many Western homes throughout the 20th ...

Only a year after being the first person to successfully demo a working television set in 1926, John Logie Baird dreamed up something called Phonovision. What was its purpose? To record television. On ...

John Logie Baird (1888-1946) applied for a patent for a mechanical television in 1923. He ran successful experiments in transmitting images in 1926, and in 1930 he worked with the British Broadcasting ...

An Edinburgh charity shop has received an anonymous donation of the earliest book about television, signed by its inventor John Logie Baird. The book, entitled Television and published in 1926, is ...

The final TV set will be produced at Toshiba's Plymouth factory today, marking the end of TV manufacturing in the UK, reports BBC News. After John Logie Baird demonstrated his first ever television ...

We may live in an era of streaming, portable devices and virtual reality, but Google used its latest Doodle to celebrate the humble television. The Doodle marks the 90th anniversary of the first ...

Scots property hunters have the chance to snap up a piece of history as John Logie Baird’s childhood home goes up for sale. The Scots innovator, who is best known for his invention of the television, ...