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Apr 7, 2011 · 3 March 1966: The Phase Alternating Line (PAL) colour television system is officially adopted for the UK. 1 July 1967: Regular colour transmissions begin on BBC2. July–August 1968: New ITV contracts start: new companies include London Weekend Television, Thames Television and Yorkshire Television.
Europe adopted the Phase Alternation Line or PAL system for broadcasting in colour. It works at 50 frames per second, slower than the National Television System Committee adopted in the US, but...
PAL. First country in Europe to introduce color on two television channels simultaneously, at 9:30am on Friday, August 25, 1967, with a symbolic launch button pressed by Willy Brandt on the International Radio and Television Fair in West Berlin.
The BBC's experimental UHF NTSC tests ceased, to be replaced by PAL tests beginning in the afternoon trade tests from 26 May 1965, and the decision to use PAL for British colour television was taken the following year.
The first known case of television systems conversion was in Europe a few years after World War II, mainly with the RTF (France) and the BBC (UK) trying to exchange their black and white 441 line and 405 line programming.
While only limited use was made of the PALplus system in the UK during the mid-1990s, it did serve to familiarise UK broadcasters with the practical issues in the studio associated with production, contribution, and distribution in the 16:9 format.
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Color broadcasting in Europe did not standardize on the PAL or SECAM formats until the 1960s. [citation needed] Broadcasters began to upgrade from analog color television technology to higher resolution digital television c. 2006; the exact year varies by country.
