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Originally Posted by Aussie Bloke
Generally colour broadcasts didn't start over here until 19th October 1974 and the official colour open day was 1st March 1975. We were practically the last developed country to get colour no thanks to those tightarse bureaucratic dickheads! We were suppose to get colour in 1972.
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I think Italy was the last developed country to get color TV, the official start for color broadcast was in feb 24, 1977, although experimental color broadcasts started in time for the 1972 olympic games and some Italian manufacturers were already making color TVs in the late 60s for the north european markets.
As a consequence, most households stuck with B/W until the early 90s and 23" B/W sets were still manufactured until the mid-late 80s, some even had digital tuning and remote AND a hybrid chassis with 4 or 5 tubes!