Italian Phonola tube TV

[Kiwick]

In Italy we got our first experimental color broadcasts in about 1970, with regular color broadcasts starting in time for the 1972 olympic games.

Color TV sets began to sell in respectable numbers in about 1975, but many people (especially in rural areas) stuck with B/W sets until the late 80s or later

By the way, a couple of italian manufacturers (Zanussi and Indesit) continued to make hybrid chassis B/W sets well into the 80s, these sets had remote control and digital tuning but still had a few tubes on their chassis!