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American colour television was standardised in 1953

The FCC approved a compatible system that black-and-white sets could still receive After a fight over competing systems, the FCC approved the NTSC colour standard in December 1953, which sent colour information separately so existing black-and-white sets could still show a picture. Colour broadcasts grew slowly because sets were expensive. By the late 1960s most American prime-time programming was in colour. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The FCC approved a compatible system that black-and-white sets could still receive. The figure is taken from Federal Communications Commission, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.