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The Olympic Games have been broadcast on television since the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Closed circuit television coverage of the Berlin 1936: Summer Olympics Games of the XI Olympiad, an international multi-sport competition that took place in and around Berlin, Prussia, Germany from 1 August 1936 through 16 August 1936.
24 sty 2023 · The 1936 Summer Olympics was the tenth edition of the modern Summer Games, and was held from 1st to 16th August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Aside from the Games' notoriety for being hosted by Nazi Germany, and for Jesse Owens winning four gold medals, the 1936 Summer Olympics was also the first ever Summer Olympics to be televised live. [1]
Television Coverage. The 1936 Games were the first to be broadcast on television. Twenty-five television viewing rooms were set up in the Greater Berlin area, allowing the locals to follow the Games free of charge. Young Olympians. Thirteen-year-old Marjorie Gestring of the U.S. won the gold medal in springboard diving.
Twenty-five big television screens were set up in theatres throughout the city, allowing the locals to follow the Games free of charge. A star of the 1936 Games was Jesse Owens . Jesse won four gold medals, showing up German claims of Aryan superiority.
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.
Nielsen has tracked television ratings for all summer and winter Olympic Games broadcasts since 1968. Ratings data for Olympic Games telecasts from 1968 to 2006 — including ratings for opening and closing ceremonies and average ratings for each Olympics — are available below:-Average Ratings: all Summer and Winter Olympics telecasts, broken ...
