Timeline of the introduction of color television in countries

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This is a list of when the first color television broadcasts were transmitted to the general public. Non-public field tests and closed circuit demonstrations are not included.

Countries and territories which never had black and white television (i.e. the first broadcasts were in color), such as Zanzibar, Brunei, South Africa, Macau, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Malawi are not included in this list.

Country	Date	Network or Channel	Color System	Notes
Albania	1979	RTSh	SECAM	Color broadcasts had been available from Italy and Yugoslavia since 1971 and 1971.
Algeria	1979	RTA	SECAM
American Samoa	1969	KVZK-2	NTSC
Argentina	1978	LS82-TV	PAL	Introduced for the 1978 FIFA World Cup (local transmission in color since 1978/80).
Australia	1967 (experimental)	ATV10, then ATV0.	PAL	Full-time color transmissions since March 1, 1975.
Austria	1969	ORF	PAL
Bangladesh	1980	BTV	PAL
Belgium	1971	RTB/BRT	PAL	Color broadcasts from France (SECAM), Germany and Netherlands (PAL) were available since 1967, 1967 and 1968, respectively. Early receivers were very costly due to multiple standards: PAL/SECAM/625 lines and monochrome/819 lines
Bermuda	1968	ZBM-TV	NTSC
Bolivia	1979	Televisión Boliviana	NTSC
Brazil	1972	Bandeirantes/Globo	PAL-M	Tests were conducted earlier, first official transmission being the coverage of the 12th Caxias do Sul Grape Festival in February 1972. Full-time color transmissions since 1978.
Bulgaria	1970	БNT	SECAM
Cambodia (Kampuchea)	1980	NTK	PAL	Color broadcasts from Vietnam had been available since 1978.
Canada	1966	CBC, also CTV	NTSC	Color broadcasts from the United States were available since 1953.
Channel Islands	1976	BBC/ITV	PAL
Chile	1972	TVN	NTSC	First show transmitted was Festival de la Cancion de Viña del Mar. Full-time color transmissions since 1978.
China	1977	CCTV	PAL
Colombia	1973	Inravisión Cadena 1	NTSC
Congo (Brazzaville)	1975	TeleCongo	SECAM
Costa Rica	1973	TICA-TV	NTSC
Cuba	1958	Tele-Color, S.A.	NTSC	Ended in 1959; returned in 1975.
Cyprus	1976	CyBC	SECAM
Czechoslovakia	1973	ČST	SECAM
Denmark	1969	Danmarks Radio	PAL
Djibouti	1975	RTD	SECAM
Dominican Republic	1969	Color Vision	NTSC
Ecuador	1974	Ecuavisa/Teleamazonas	NTSC
Egypt	1973	ETV	SECAM
Equatorial Guinea	1976	RNGE	SECAM
El Salvador	1973	YSU-TV	NTSC
Ethiopia	1979	ETV	PAL
Finland	1969	YLE/MTV	PAL
France	1967	ORTF	SECAM	Introduced on La Deuxième Chaîne at 2:15pm (14:15) on October 1, 1967.
French Polynesia	1971	RFO Polynesia	SECAM
French Guiana	1974	RFO Guyane	SECAM
Gabon	1973	RTG	SECAM
East Germany	1969	DFF	SECAM	Introduced on October 3, 1969 on the new 2nd television channel launched for that purpose on behalf of the 20th anniversary of the GDR on October 7. The television tower in East Berlin was also opened that day.
West Germany	1967	ARD/ZDF	PAL	Introduced on both channels simultaneously at 9:30am on August 25, 1967 with a symbolic launch button pressed by Willy Brandt on the International Radio and Television Fair in West Berlin.
Gibraltar	1969	GBC	PAL
Greece	1976	EPT	SECAM
Ghana	1980	GBC	PAL
Greenland	1970	KNR	PAL
Guadeloupe	1972	RFO Guadeloupe	SECAM
Guatemala	1970	RTG	NTSC	First Central American country to introduce color television.
Guam	1967	KUAM-TV	NTSC
Haiti	1975	Télévision Nationale d'Haiti	NTSC
Honduras	1973	Canal 3 Honduras	NTSC
Hong Kong	1970	TVB	PAL
Hungary	1969	Magyar Televízió	SECAM
Iceland	1973	RÚV (Sjónvarpið)	PAL
India	1979	All India Radio	PAL	Full-time color broadcasts since 1982.
Indonesia	1977 (estimated)	TVRI	PAL
Iran	1973	IRIB	SECAM
Iraq	1968	RTI	SECAM
Ireland	1971	RTÉ	PAL	Introduced for the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 in Dublin on April 3, 1971; color broadcasts from United Kingdom available since 1967–69.
Israel	1977	IBA	PAL	Introduced gradually from 1977 to 1983. First production in colour was the coverage of the Egyptian president's visit to Israel in November 1977, the second being the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in Jerusalem on March 31, 1979. The use of Black and White equipment stopped in February 1983. Colour broadcasts from Jordan and Egypt were available since 1974.
Italy	1971	RAI	PAL	Introduction temporarily stalled due to political turmoil. Color broadcasts from France (SECAM) were available since 1967, and from Austria (PAL) since 1969. Privately operated transmitter chains made these signals available as far as Rome. Full-time color transmissions started on February 1, 1977.
Ivory Coast	1970	RTI	SECAM
Jamaica	1975	JBC-TV	NTSC
Japan	1960	NHK, and commercial interests	NTSC-J
Jordan	1974	JTV	PAL
Kenya	1978	KBC	PAL
North Korea	1974	KCTV	PAL
South Korea	1975	KBS	NTSC
Kuwait	1974	KTV	PAL
Lebanon	1975	Tele Liban	PAL
Liberia	1975	LBS	PAL
Libya	1976	Al-Libyah TV	PAL
Luxembourg	1972	Compangnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion	PAL / SECAM	The then only channel for audiences in Luxembourg, France and Belgium originally used the French/Belgian 819-line B&W standard. After Belgium and France opted for different color systems, Luxembourg broadcast two versions of the same channel. All later RTL channels aimed at French, German and Dutch speaking audiences in Europe adopted the standards of their target markets.
Madagascar	1977	MBS	SECAM
Malaysia	1972	RTM	PAL
Malta	1978	TVM	PAL	Color broadcasts from Italy had been available since 1971.
Martinique	1969	ORTF	SECAM
Mauritius	1973	MBC	SECAM	Color television arrived on a full-time schedule in 1978.
Mexico	1963	XHGC-TV	NTSC	Full-time color broadcasts started in the late 1960s.
Monaco	1970	TMC	PAL / SECAM	Color broadcasts from France were available since 1967.
Mongolia	1975	MNB	SECAM
Morocco	1973	RTM	SECAM	Introduced for the test transmission in 1972.
Netherlands	1968	NTS	PAL
Netherlands Antilles	1973	Televisie Curacao	PAL
New Caledonia	1971	ORTF	SECAM
New Zealand	1979	NZBC	PAL	Introduced for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, of which New Zealand was an observer, not a participant.
Nicaragua	1973	Televicentro Canal 2	NTSC
Nigeria	1974	WNTV	PAL
Norway	1970	NRK	PAL
Pakistan	1976	PTV	PAL	Full-time colorcasting arrived in 1982.
Panama	1972	NTP	NTSC
Paraguay	1981	TV Cerro Corra	PAL
Peru	1972	Televisión del Estado	NTSC	Full-time color broadcasts since 1980.
Philippines	1966	ABS-CBN	NTSC	Full-time color broadcasts since 1971, one year before the Martial Law.
Poland	1971	TVP	SECAM
Portugal	1979	RTP	PAL	Introduced for the Portuguese version of Jeux Sans Frontieres on September 5, 1979; color broadcasts from Spain available since 1972. Full-color transmissions started on March 10, 1980.
Qatar	1974	QBS	PAL	Color broadcasts from Bahrain had been available since 1973.
Réunion	1972	RFO Reunion	SECAM
Romania	1983	RTVR	PAL	Color broadcasts from Hungary were available since 1969. The 1977 year was wrong. In 1983 RTVR began transmitting some programs in color. The color system was PAL as opposite to SECAM for the rest of socialist countries. Since 1990 all programs (except old black and white movies) have been in color.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1971	ORTF	SECAM
Saudi Arabia	1973	SAGTS	SECAM
Senegal	1975	RTS	SECAM
Sierra Leone	1978	SLBS	PAL
Singapore	1974	RTS	PAL
Spain	1972	RTVE	PAL	Full-time color transmissions since 1978.
Sudan	1976	Sudan TV	PAL
Suriname	1977	STF	NTSC
Sweden	1970	Sveriges Radio TV	PAL
Switzerland	1968	SSR	PAL / SECAM
Syria	1980	STV	PAL
Taiwan	1969	CTV	NTSC
Thailand	1973	BBTV Channel 7	PAL
Trinidad and Tobago	1969	TTT	NTSC
Tunisia	1976	Tunis 7	PAL
Turkey	1978	TRT	PAL	Introduced for the test transmission on December 31, 1975; color broadcasts from Greece were available since 1976.
Uganda	1975	UTV	PAL
United Arab Emirates	1974	UAE-TV	PAL
United Kingdom	1967	BBC	PAL	Introduced on BBC Two for Wimbledon coverage on July 1, 1967. BBC One and ITV changed in 1969
United States	1950	CBS	CBS	Field sequential color system; ended 1951.[1]
United States	1953	NBC/CBS	NTSC	Dot sequential system.[2] The United States gradually transitioned from black and white to color television between 1953 and 1969.
USSR	1968	RTO	SECAM
Upper Volta	1976	Volta Vision	SECAM
Uruguay	1980	STV-10	PAL	Introduced for the 1980 Mundialito.
Venezuela	1973	RCTV	NTSC	Color television arrived on a full-time schedule in 1980.
Vietnam	1978	VTV	NTSC
U.S. Virgin Islands	1968	WBNB-TV	NTSC
North Yemen	1979	NYRTC	PAL
South Yemen	1981	SYRTC	PAL
Yugoslavia	1971	JRT	PAL
Zaire	1980	OZRT	SECAM
Zambia	1979	ZNBC	PAL
Zimbabwe	1984	ZBC	PAL

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