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Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: The world’s first television channel dedicated to human rights has been launched in London with a promise to deliver hidden stories ignored by mainstream media into people’s living rooms.

Detailed explanation-2: -Origins. The oldest broadcasting network in the United States, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) came into being on November 15, 1926, with a gala four-hour radio program originating from the ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

Detailed explanation-3: -On June 1, 1980, CNN (Cable News Network), the world’s first 24-hour television news network, makes its debut.

Detailed explanation-4: -Terrestrial television in India started with the experimental telecast starting in Delhi on 15 September 1959 with a small transmitter and a makeshift studio. Daily transmission began in 1965 as a part of All India Radio (AIR). Television service was later extended to Bombay (Now Mumbai) and Amritsar in 1972.