Timeline of Great Scorrian television

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Main article: Television in Great Scorria

1960s[edit | edit source]

  • March 1962: Television is mentioned for the first time on Congress speeches. Senators said that if a national television service was to be implemented by the GSBC, then there would be an improvement to the country's economy. However, more conservative members of parliament said that "television is a bad influence" and that its introduction would "interfere with the cultural norms of the country".
  • June 1962: The government disapproves of the introduction of television by the GSBC.
  • September 1962: Driven by improvise, owners of a small movie theatre on the outskirts of Kimberly is reconverted into a "public viewing house" as prints of television series - such as I Love Lucy, Bonanza and Gunsmoke - begin screening on a weekly basis. It ran at a much cheaper price than an average film for two reasons: shorter viewing time and the fact that it was made for television, even though the patrons weren't aware of the existence of a television in the first place.
  • July 1963: Television is discussed again. This time it is reported that the service would be introduced in Kimberly at first and later spread in the remaining state capitals.
  • February 1964: The GSBC says that it doesn't have the necessary equipment to provide a nationwide television service.
  • October 1964: Doctor Who arrives to Great Scorria on the Kimberly public viewing house. Due to increasing demand, a second one was opened on the north side of Kimberly, mainly to attend viewers from Ajoe and Bikini.
  • June 7, 1965: It is oficially decided that Great Scorria will open a television service, according to the contract given, "within the next ten years". This means that the GSBC had to open all seven stations by June 7, 1975, when the contract expires.
  • October 1966: As part of the contract deal, GSBC will threaten to shut the public viewing houses if television outnumbers the number of viewers this kind of public place had.
  • March 21, 1967: Using equipment from Northulia, the Kimberly television transmitter is built under the auspices of the soon-to-be-launched GSBC television service.
  • March 24, 1967: The North Side Public Viewing Center is shut down by order of the GSBC.
  • June 20, 1968: Charisma Islands Television begins operation. It is speculated that, weeks upon its launch, it was received in the city of Kawuro - at a time when Porowon didn't even have television.
  • February 1969: Building for three more television stations in Neptune, Bikini and Ajoe, all commence.
  • June 1969: Building for stations in Senya and Kawuro commence.

1970s[edit | edit source]

  • November 1970: During the presidential elections, a word regarding on the possible introduction of television was made: the first station was to go on air "within the next six months".
  • March 21, 1971: KITV-1 goes on air. Programming ran from 6pm to 10:30pm nightly. At 7pm it broadcast the GSBC Television Newsreel. This consisted of news reports gathered from film abroad and also included local reports made on poor equipment. Local news were also on the order of the day. The remainder of the schedule was mainly imported.
  • April 1, 1971: KITV-1 broadcasts its first local television series, Laugh At Me. It was filmed weeks before GSBC Television launched.
  • May 1971: Nashlandian television series Doctor Who is broadcast for the first time, using the copies the NBS gave to the public viewing houses and were given to the GSBC.
  • May 10, 1971: NPTV-3 begins operation in Neptune. It faced a problem as there was no microwave link and NPTV had to live under self-sustenance rule.
  • May 12, 1971: Duplicates of Laugh at Me, Doctor Who and Skippy from KITV-1 are seen on NPTV-3.
  • May 24, 1971: KITV broadcasts its first outdoor event, as it gets authorization from the Great Scorrian Cricket Federation to broadcast parts of the match. Highlights were later sent to Neptune.
  • June 1, 1971: BKTV-5 in Bikini begins operation.
  • June 4, 1971: KITV, NPTV and BKTV all broadcast, on the same date, highlights of the 1971 Great Scorria Twickenham Races, as the footage was rushed between 7 and 9pm between the loose network.
  • June 6, 1971: An amendment is made to the law. Advertising was soon to be allowed.
  • July 1, 1971: Television advertisements are screened for the first time, initially on KITV-1.
  • October 1, 1973: GSBC starts broadcasting the Network News to nine of the states.

1980s[edit | edit source]

  • February 29, 1980: Final broadcast of the nationwide GSBC television service.
  • March 1, 1980: First broadcast of the replacement broadcaster Television Great Scorria.

1990s[edit | edit source]

2000s[edit | edit source]

  • 2003: The government issues a white paper about the technicalities of a conversion to digital terrestrial television and what standard to adopt.
  • November 2006: The government greenlights TVGS News 24.

2010s[edit | edit source]

  • December 1, 2013: Analog terrestrial broadcasts shut down in Kimberly, the last region to do so.

2020s[edit | edit source]