Sep 6, 2021
How The Derby Made TV History
How The Derby Made TV History - the birth of live sports broadcasting #TV #Sport
Although the public was accustomed to seeing footage from sporting events, with the Epsom Derby filmed and shown as part of a newsreel in cinemas since 1896, live broadcasting by television was another matter. Following a successful demonstration of his system in May 1931, John Logie Baird mused that “the idea of televising the Derby or cricketers at Lord’s was not as fantastic as some…
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