Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "TV: A Forgotten History" video.

  1. When were are told someone invented this or that what we are often actually saying is someone took existing ideas and found a new way of using them. Back in 1978 the was a BBC television series, appropriately, called Connections, created, written, and presented by science historian James Burke. The shows demonstrated how various discoveries, scientific achievements, and historical world events were built from one another successively and this interconnectivity brought about modern technology. The BBC was producing television programmes before WW2 and when war was declared on 3rd September 1939 they were broadcasting of a Disney cartoon. The cartoon was halted part way through and when broadcasting was resumed after the war ended the rest of the cartoon was shown. No mention of a caption card saying 'Sorry for the delay but there were technical difficulties what with the war and everything.' I forgot to mention we had cable locally from a company called Rediffusion which began broadcasting 22 September 1955. As well as renting out the cable they also ran a rental chain for TVs and radios and later VCRs and hi-fi systems. They were bought out in 1984. Just last week as I walked down the street I came across a small manhole cover which said Rediffusion on it.
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