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Index

European Television Stations in 1932

 

This list of broadcasting stations appeared in a French magazine in 1932. Thanks to Jerome Halphen for providing it to us.

Column 1 : Transmitter site
Column 2 : Wavelength (m)
Column 3 : Frequency (kHz)
Column 4 : Power (kw)
Column 5 : Aspect ratio

Column 6 : Number of lines
Column 7 : N° of pixels 
Column 8 : Frame rate
Column 9 : Direction of exploration
Column 10 : Type of programming

Phonie = audio, Image = video


Some additional translation, courtesy of John Pinckney:

Television directe = Live presentation

Pas de films puisque le format anglais ne s'y prete pas. = No films as the English system isn't yet ready.

Films d'essai et television directe = Test films and live presentation

Films parlant = "Talking pictures"

Films et prises directe = Films and spontaneous scenes.

La Hollands suivra sous peu avec les meme characteristiques  = The Dutch will follow soon with the same standards.

Montrouge = A city south of Paris, where René Barthélémy of CdC (Compagnie des Compteurs) carried out early experiments.

Velthem  = Belgium