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  2. Olympics on television - Wikipedia

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    1960 Summer Olympics. CBS paid $394,000 ($3.11 million in 2023) for the exclusive rights to broadcast the Games in the United States. This was the first Summer Olympic games to be telecast in North America. In addition to CBS in the United States, the Olympics were telecast for the first time in Canada (on CBC Television) and in Mexico (through ...

  3. 1936 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936 ), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: Spiele der XI. Olympiade) and officially branded as Berlin 1936, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona at the 29th IOC Session ...

  4. 1936 in television - Wikipedia

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    It is shown to 225 of RCA's licensees on 22 centimeter screens, 343 lines per picture, 30 pictures per second. August – 72 hours of medium-definition (180-line) television broadcasts of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin are seen by approximately 150,000 people in public viewing rooms in Berlin and Potsdam.

  5. First day of BBC television - Wikipedia

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    First day of BBC television. The world's first scheduled, high-definition (as then defined; meaning 240-line) television programmes were broadcast on 2 November 1936 by the British Broadcasting Corporation. They had been preceded by a number of low-definition BBC test broadcasts, as well as a 180-line Deutscher Fernseh Rundfunk service, from ...

  6. United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    1906 Intercalated Games. The United States competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The Americans finished second in the medal table behind the hosts. 359 competitors, 313 men and 46 women, took part in 127 events in 21 sports. [ 1][ 2][ 3]

  7. Olympics on United States television - Wikipedia

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    The Olympic Games ( Summer and Winter) have been televised in the United States since 1960. It has become one of the most popular programs on USA television every four and then two years. The Olympics has been exclusively broadcast on NBC and NBCUniversal 's TV networks in the United States since 1988 for the Summer Olympics and 2002 for the ...

  8. 1936 in British television - Wikipedia

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    Events. 2 November – The first regular high-definition (then defined as at least 200 lines) BBC Television Service, based at Alexandra Palace in London, officially begins broadcasting (after test transmissions began in August). The service alternates on a weekly basis between Baird 's 240-line mechanical system and the Marconi - EMI 's 405 ...

  9. BBC live streaming - Olympics Forum - Tripadvisor

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    Answered: Hi all, I was wondering how to stream live the Olympics in UK on my PC and Ipad. Do I need to download an app and would I need a TV license? Thanks in advance, Regards, Maneesh