Big Brother watches out: Endemol tackles infringers

John Logie Baird, a Scottish electrical engineer, demonstrated the first working television in 1926. The ‘Televisor’ transmitted a faint and blurred image using revolving discs made of wood, revolving shutters and light-sensitive cells. It proved that it was possible to transmit and reproduce movement. Soon after the demonstration, The Guardian likened the invention to “seeing by wireless” and reported that expert observers were satisfied that the “wonder” of transmitting images had been accomplished.