The TV was invented in 1923 by Vladmir K. Zworykin. Other people who helped with the invention included Philo T. Farnsworth and John Baird. Philo T Farnsworth created the first all-electronic television. Zworkin copied Farnsworth's equipment and improved it. John Logie Baird, of Great Britain, specialized in mechanical televison using spinning Nipkow disks.