Abstract
IN the report of the council of the Incorporated Municipal Electrical Association presented at the annual general meeting at York on June 12, one of the topics raised was broadcasting over the electric mains. In the last annual report it was intimated that in the event of legislation being promoted in this matter, the Association would press for the inclusion of a clause which would authorize electricity undertakers themselves to operate the rediffusion of broadcast programmes over their distributing mains if they so desired. Before the War, the business of rediffusion of broadcast programmes was a growing one and was, for some reason or other, outside the field covered by the electrical industry; but the Post Office was taking a special interest in the various rediffusion companies. The Electrician of June 13 says that it is probable that the Post Office holds the right to take over such wireless relays if it wishes, and that the further development of broadcasting over the mains might, without adequate protection, become a Government monopoly, with the added privilege of using, without cost to the Post Office, the already existing supply mains, which were put into the roads, etc., after long research and considerable expense by the electrical industry.
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Rediffusion of Broadcasting over Electric Mains. Nature 148, 138 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148138a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/148138a0