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service by the end of 1936 and from five to ten times that many more by the end of 1937.
"One thing which impressed me greatly was that in a.ll of these rather optimistic plans for the future of British television, the ability of the B.B.C. to provide interesting programs seems to be taken for granted. To my mind the whole success or failure of the project hinges on this point. One engineer estimates that if all of the motion pictures produced in England and all of the films imported by them from other countries were to be presented to the television audience, they would still only have enough material from that source to provide a program ten minutes per day. That, according to their present schedule, would still leave 170 minutes each day where live talent would have to be used.1 To be sure, the studio technique which B.B.C. has developed in their presenta¬ tion of their low definition programs will certainly stand them in good stead but at the same time I could not blame them if they viewed with alarm the task of having to provide material for 21 hours per week as against their present maximum of 3 hours."
"From London I went to Berlin where they are giving 180 line 25 frame sequentially scanned transmissions from a 7 meter transmitter in Berlin. The Broadcasting Company of the Ministry of Propaganda provides a two-hour program three nights a week and the Post Office supplies programs in the mornings and afternoons and on alternate evenings. Several places are provided in Berlin where the public may view these programs and they are proving most popular. Inasmuch as practically all the program material is provided by films, repetition is not infrequent and occasionally an old film leaves much to be desired. Generally speaking, how¬ ever, the quality of these transmission is excellent and impresses one with the high entertainment value which can be secured with a 180 line picture. "
"A patent pool is being formed and negotiations in this direction are proceeding very smoothly indeed. While natural com¬ petition exists between the various German radio manufacturers they seem to be able to get together in the solution of their mutual problems in a very commendable fashion. It is anticipated that television receivers which will be adaptable to the 270 line standard will sell for from $240 to $500. "
"The Broadcasting Company have a very interesting piece of equipment which they call their television truck and which they use to cover news events. This truck, which was first used at the May Day ceremony at the Templehof Aerodrome at which Chancellor Hitler spoke, consists of a low powered ultra, short wave trans¬ mitter for both sound and television using the intermediate film method. "
"Television is moving ahead in Germany on what certainly appears to be a most thorough basis and the cost is being carried by the license fees plus an additional governmental appropriation.
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