Colour television set, 'K9' model, Philips brand

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Colour television set, 'K9' model, Philips brand

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This K9 colour television set was one of the first colour televisions to be released in New Zealand, and was purchased by the Paterson family in Wellington in August 1973.Television was first broadcast in New Zealand in 1960. Through the 1960s, New Zealanders quickly adopted it: the number of licensed sets rose from 4600 in 1961 to over 500,000 in 1966 (New Zealand Official Year Book, 1990. p. 340). Colour television broadcasts began in 1973.

Format

Image

Date created

1973

Creator

Philips Electrical Industries of New Zealand Ltd.

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/707725

Related subjects

technology / plastic / glass / wood / metal / paper / adhesive / wire / cloth / television receivers / furniture / television / mass media / Television industry / New Zealand

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