Halt and Catch Fire (TV series) was renewed for a third season in August.
 By 1979, even the last of these had converted to color and, by the early 1980s, B&W sets had been pushed into niche markets, notably low-power uses, small portable sets, or for use as video monitor screens in lower-cost consumer equipment
 As of June 2021 the licence that funds the advertising-free BBC TV channels cost 159 for a colour TV Licence and 53

