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1936

Berlin Summer Olympics

1936 | August 1 – The first live television coverage of a sports event, transmitted by closed-circuit equipment to special viewing booths in Berlin, Germany and Potsdam, Germany. The Berlin Summer Olympics was televised by Telefunken (using RCA equipment) and Fernseh (using Farnsworth equipment).


Berlin Olympiade 1936


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