Pye TVT
Outside Broadcast Vehicles
A finished BBC Outside Broadcast Vehicle leaving the York Street factory of TVT
Outside Broadcast Vehicles
Outside Broadcast Vehicles
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8.Brochure - TVT OB Vehicles.pdfFrom the early days of the TV Transmission Division of Pye (later TVT) the importance of O B Vehicles was recognised.
From the early days of the TV Transmission Division of Pye (later TVT) the importance of O B Vehicles was recognised.
The concept of driving up to a Sports Event or a Theatre and producing a programme without having to have a fixed installation was key.
The concept of driving up to a Sports Event or a Theatre and producing a programme without having to have a fixed installation was key.
Pye had a history of producing these mobile studios to a high specification whether destined for the UK or abroad.
Pye had a history of producing these mobile studios to a high specification whether destined for the UK or abroad.
1947 - 1948
1947 - 1948
Humber Shooting Brake 1947
BBC MCR 3 1948
1950 - 1955
1950 - 1955
MCR 6 type 1950
MCR 12 Paris 1952
Denmark 1955
Turin 1955
1955 - 1956
1955 - 1956
Canada
Baghdad
Granada UK
New Zealand
1956-1969
1956-1969
This was the last period for Monochrome OB Vehicles. Many units were sold but few pictures are available.
This was the last period for Monochrome OB Vehicles. Many units were sold but few pictures are available.
BBC MCR22
ATV UK
1974-1976
1974-1976
Now all the OB Vehicles would be for colour television operation.
Now all the OB Vehicles would be for colour television operation.
ABC TV Australia
Denmark
Abu Dhabi
China
1978-1979
1978-1979
Hong Kong
Bahrain
Zambia
Denmark
Manufacturing OB Vehicles at TVT
Manufacturing OB Vehicles at TVT
A busy OB Vehicle assembly line in 1970/80
1981-1986
1981-1986
Eidophor OB
NOS Holland
Algeria
Mexico
Outside and Inside the BBC TV OB Van whilst on temporary display at the Cambridge Museum of Technology
Outside and Inside the BBC TV OB Van whilst on temporary display at the Cambridge Museum of Technology
