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The Royal Television Society (commonly known in the television industry as the RTS) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the one of the oldest television societies in the world. It currently has fourteen regional and national centres in the UK, as well as branches in the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
, Canada
Canada

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 and the USA.

group was formed as The Television Society on September 7 1927, a time when television was still very much in its experimental stage.






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The Royal Television Society (commonly known in the television industry as the RTS) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the one of the oldest television societies in the world. It currently has fourteen regional and national centres in the UK, as well as branches in the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 and the USA.

History

The group was formed as The Television Society on September 7 1927, a time when television was still very much in its experimental stage. Regular high-definition broadcasts did not even begin for another nine years until the BBC began its transmissions from Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace

Set in Alexandra Park, London, Alexandra Palace was built in an area spanning Wood Green and Muswell Hill, North London, England, in 1873 as a public centre of recreation, education and entertainment and as North London's counterpart to the Crystal Palace in South London....
 in 1936.

In addition to serving as a forum for scientists and engineers, the society published regular newsletters charting the development of the new medium. These documents now form important historical records of the early history of television broadcasting.

The society was granted its Royal title in 1966, and the current patron is HRH The Prince of Wales
Charles, Prince of Wales

The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the eldest child of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, making him heir apparent, equally and separately, to the thrones of Commonwealth realm....
.

Activities

The society regularly holds meetings and seminars, attended by professionals from various areas of the television industry, and it also publishes the monthly magazine Television, covering a broad range of television topics.

The society's highest profile event is the biennial Cambridge
University of Cambridge

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 Convention. Other prominent events include the annual Fleming, Shoenberg and Huw Wheldon Memorial Lectures, which are delivered by high-profile television figures.

The society also holds a substantial archive of printed, photographic and audio-visual material of value to television historians and scholars.

Awards

The Royal Television Society's annual awards are decided by a jury of industry professionals, with separate juries for individual categories within each of the six groups of Awards:

  • Programme Awards
  • Television Journalism Awards
  • Craft & Design Awards
  • Innovation Awards
  • Educational Television Awards
  • Student Television Awards


Each group of Awards is presented at its own individual ceremony, usually sometime during the first few months of the year.

Regional centres also hold their own award ceremonies.

RTS Futures


In 2007 RTS Futures was launched for young people interested in television. RTS Futures holds regular events and has an interactive website featuring exclusive content, discussion and debate.

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