- World Television Day has been celebrated every year on November 21st since 1996.
- It is celebrated to highlight the importance of television in globalization and communication.
- According to the United Nations, television remains the largest source of video consumption.
- The United Nations General Assembly declared November 21st as World Television Day in 1996.
- On November 21st and 22nd in 1996, the United Nations held the first World Television Forum.
- To commemorate its anniversary, the United Nations General Assembly adopted November 21st as World Television Day.
- Scottish engineer, John Logie Baird, invented television in 1924.
- Television was introduced in India on September 15th, 1959, with the assistance of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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