EMPIRE MAY SEE THE KING

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 94, 15 January 1935, Page 8

EMPIRE MAY SEE THE KING

- Television Broadcast For Silver Jubilee GOVERNMENT CONTROL Dominion Special Service —By Air Mail. London, December 22. Next time the King speaks through his golden microphone to the British Empire, lie may be seen as well as heard; for plans are nearly completed for television broadcasts. If. arrangements can be made in time the King may give a television broadcast during the Silver Jubilee celebrations in June Otherwise, it will probably be when delivering his next Christmas message that His Majesty will first be seen by “lookers-in” throughout the Empire. Great secrecy surrounded a recent visit of the Prince of Wales to a radio factory near London. It Ims now leaked out that the purpose of his Royal Highness’s visit was to see a demonstration of a new television system. He is said to have come away convinced that television was an immediate practical proposition. The pictures the prince saw were equal to those projected by a good Minim. home cinecamera. Each image consisted of 180 “lines” as compared with the 30-libe system of the present 8.8. C. experimental transmissions. Experts to-day hold the. opinion that this Anglo-American system stands a good chance of winning the race to be the first official British television service. There has been a gigantic film war behind the scenes, for the two leading transmission systems are sponsored by the financial giants of the taik- ° A bill dealing with government control of television will probably be introduced during Parliament’s next session. This is practically certain to place television in the hands of the 8.8. C. ___