the imatron stayed in use without much change for many, many years.rst time the cameras were used outside, and the broadcast was watched by about 50,000 viewers. we have two of our cameras high up on the gate itself. however, it was the coronation of his daughter that brought the television into millions and millions of homes. seven decades on, and both institutions, the royalfamily and the bbc, face mixed opinions, with many questioning their importance and relevance in the modern world. the bbc has had an incredible impact over the last 100 years, from introducing people to radio which, at the time, was such a kind of an unfamiliar medium, to showing the coronation on television to 20 million people, and now looking at the future of where broadcasting might take us. the question of whether a publicly—funded corporation can be a better innovator than either nimble start—ups or massive megacorporations is up for a very public debate. so one of the most interesting things, i think, is for the internet in the future, is thinking about public service int