Monday, August 20, 2012

When was the Olympics first televised?-Group 7

Germany hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics at Berlin.  These games were televised by two German firms, Telefunken and Fernseh, the using RCA and  Farnsworth equipment,  This marked the first live television coverage of a sports event in world history. Four different areas were telecast using three cameras.  In total, 72 hours of live transmission went over the airwaves to special viewing booths, called "Public Television Offices" in Berlin and Potsdam.

http://www.tvhistory.tv/1936%20German%20Olympics%20TV%20Program.htm


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