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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.

Country	Date	Network or Channel	Color System	Notes
Argentina	1980		PAL
Australia	1975		PAL
Canada	1966	CBC	NTSC
Cuba	1958	Canal 12	NTSC	Ended in 1959; returned in 1975
France	1967		SECAM
West Germany	1967		PAL
India	1982	AIR	PAL	Introduced for the Asian Games
Italy	1977	RAI	PAL	Color broadcasts from Yugoslavia were available since 1971
Japan	1960	NHK	NTSC-J
Mexico	1963	XHGC-TV	NTSC
Netherlands	1968		PAL
New Zealand	1974	NZBC TV (now TV One)	PAL	Introduced for the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch
South Korea	1981		NTSC
United Kingdom	1967	BBC2	PAL
United States of America	1950	CBS	CBS	Field sequential system; ended 1951^[1]
United States of America	1953	NBC & CBS	NTSC	Dot sequential system
Soviet Union	1968		SECAM

^ "Color Television Enchants Viewers at Its Public Debut," The Washington Post, Jan. 13, 1950, p. B2. "CBS Color Preview Seen By 2,000 in Philadelphia," The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 16, 1950, p. 10. "Commerical Color TV To Have Its 'Premiere' Over CBS Monday," The Wall Street Journal, June 22, 1951, p. 14. "All Color TV Put on Shelf Indefinitely," The Washington Post, Oct. 20, 1951, p. 1.

[1] "Color Television Enchants Viewers at Its Public Debut," The Washington Post, Jan. 13, 1950, p. B2. "CBS Color Preview Seen By 2,000 in Philadelphia," The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 16, 1950, p. 10. "Commerical Color TV To Have Its 'Premiere' Over CBS Monday," The Wall Street Journal, June 22, 1951, p. 14. "All Color TV Put on Shelf Indefinitely," The Washington Post, Oct. 20, 1951, p. 1.

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