History of TV

1936 - BBC launched first broadcast from Alexandra Palace

1939 -  BBC stops transmitting during World War II

1955 - ITV launches at Independent Television not funded by tax payers

1960 - BBC rebrands to BBC TV

1960 - The first episode of Coronation Street is aired.

1964 - BBC 2 launches in higher definition therefore not possible for every TV owner to receive.

1964 -  BBC TV rebrands again to BBC One

1964 - BBC One broadcasts the first ever Top Of The Pops

1966 - BBC One and ITV broadcast The World Cup with 32.3 million viewers in total.

1967 - BBC 2 transmissions colour TV

1969 - Colour transmissions begin on BBC One and ITV

1969 - ITV, BBC One and Two all broadcast the Apollo 11 moon landing

1972 - The first episode of Emmerdale is aired

1974 - The introduction of Teletex

1975 - Fawlty Towers is first aired

1979 - Industrial strike within ITV and stops broadcasting for ten weeks. Upon return they showed repeats for two and half months with no original material being transmitted.

1982 - Launch of Channel 4

1985 - The first episode of Eastenders is aired.

1990 - SKY launches as a pay monthly subscription service including film rental.

1997 - Channel 5 launches, with availability on SKY

2002 - Launch of Freeview a digital service provider

1997 - Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph co found Netflix

2004 - November saw Top Of The Pops switched over to BBC Two in a bid to revive the show.

2006 - In June TOTP was cancelled with the last edition being aired in July.

2006 - Channel 4 starts up 4 On Demand allowing free downloads via the internet. This is the first sign of 'Catch Up TV'

2007 - Shortly after ITV launches their own version of on demand

2007 - In the same year BBC iplayer becomes available online a

2007 - Netflix introduces streaming

2009 - Netflix becomes available on iphone and ipad in the same year Blockbuster files for bankruptcy.

2012 - Sees the national 'digital switchover' to which analogue transmissions cease in all areas.

2014 - Netflix reports 50mn users

News Article

With the capability of social media and technology on the rise there are growing concerns about young people's safety online. The Mirror reports that according the NSPCC are extremely and concerned and campaigning for government enforcement's on safety and privacy settings across social media platforms. This would in turn prevent websites and apps from providing young people with inappropriate content or subject to grooming by predators. I

I think The Mirror reported the story well, covering a news item that may not be headline news but one that needs to receive equal awareness.The article included well rounded statistics and quotes as chif executive of the NSPCC, Peter Wanless claimed that according to their survey of 1,725 children more than sixty percent of young people asked said that social platforms need to do more to keep children safe.' The NSPCC warns that these sites and apps can have negative effects on children and with 92% of the children having used video messaging sites such as Omegle and Chatroullete, admitting to finding inappropriate content which could in turn see these negative effects arise. I think this article by The Mirror is good advertising for the charity as it draws attention to the issue and also includes a link to 'net aware' the NSPCC's guide to the 50 most popular social networking sites and the risks involved including parenting advice and recommendations.