Television Sports Production, 5th Edition

Preface

The first live television coverage of a sports event, utilizing electronic cameras, is thought to be the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The monstrous camera, almost 7¹⁄2 feet (2.3 m) long, was dubbed the “television canon.” The camera could be used only when the sun was shining. Since home televisions were not yet popular, eight specially installed television viewing rooms, known as Fernsehstuben, were built around the venue so that people could see the television coverage. The telecast covered four venues, utilized a total of three television cameras, and shot a total of 72 hours of live transmission during the Berlin Games. In addition to the electronic cameras, a special film camera mounted on the top of a van equipped with film developing ...