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From what I remember PAL was chosen rather late in the game in the UK. They already had the spec sheets all lined up for NTSC and had even gone so far as to distribute them to BBC engineers.
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The beeb made experimental transmissions with colour on 405 lines in the 50's and a number of such receivers still exist. A lesson learned from the US was that expensive receivers would significantly hamper take up by the public, not helped by the fact that in comparison to the US the UK worker had much less in the way of disposable income. So, at that point in time investing in all the colour equipment in the studios could not be justified.
By the time colour was becoming feasible, the rest of Europe were also looking at introducing colour and the more resiliant PAL was a natural choice. No tint controls needed :-) though having said that the one and only colour TV in my collection - a supposedly posh Dynatron (essentially a Pye in a posh cabinet) has a tint control!
TTFN,
Jon