Baird television

This site is primarily about John Logie Baird (1888-1946), the Scotsman who was the first person in the world to demonstrate a working television system. On January 26th, 1926, a viable television system was demonstrated using mechanical picture scanning with electronic amplification at the transmitter and at the receiver. It could be sent by radio or over ordinary telephone lines, leading to the historic trans-Atlantic transmissions of television from London to New York in February, 1928.

You will discover herein not only information on Baird and his life's work, but also snippets and stories about other pioneers of television and the development of the television industry to the present day. Updates are made to the site every few months by its creators Malcolm H.I. Baird and Iain L. Baird who are respectively the son and grandson of J.L. Baird.