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**Chris** · 21-03-2025, 20:07

BBC iPlayer’s private Beta release was 20 years ago this October. It has been universally available for 17 years.

The world’s first high definition scheduled TV service (also the BBC), having launched initially in 1936, didn’t really get going, permanently, until 1946. In other words, at the rate public television services have historically launched and developed, there is nothing ‘recent’ about streaming TV, except in strictly relative terms. 20 years is a long time for any communications technology.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,115	Re: The future of television BBC iPlayer’s private Beta release was 20 years ago this October. It has been universally available for 17 years. The world’s first high definition scheduled TV service (also the BBC), having launched initially in 1936, didn’t really get going, permanently, until 1946. In other words, at the rate public television services have historically launched and developed, there is nothing ‘recent’ about streaming TV, except in strictly relative terms. 20 years is a long time for any communications technology.