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Nov 4, 2021 · The timing is deliberate, as all three networks would be ready to broadcast the landmark Melbourne Olympic Games beginning with the Opening Ceremony on 22 November. The Olympics were the final impetus behind Australia belatedly embracing the television revolution, which had already swept many other well-off countries around the world.
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 ...
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The Olympic Games have been broadcast on Australian television since 1956, coinciding with both the introduction of television in Australia as well as the first year Australia hosted an Olympics. All three commercial networks have broadcast the Summer Olympics or Winter Olympics at least once, as have both public broadcasters and the dominant ...
1956: Television introduced in time for Australia’s first Olympic Games, Melbourne. HSV 7 Melbourne began broadcasting on 4 November 1956. ‘Good evening and welcome to television.’. These were the first words spoken on Australian television by Bruce Gyngell on 16 September 1956. Since that first transmission, television has gone on to ...
1988. 1 January: Nine Network first use of SNG (Satellite News Gathering) in Australia. Transmission from Kingoonya SA for Australia Live 88 which showcased Australia remotely in a four hour broadcast. 2 January: Imparja Television launches in remote eastern and central Australia from studios in Alice Springs.
Aug 2, 2016 · Australia's first link with the modern Olympic Games came before Australia was even a nation. When Baron Pierre de Coubertin brought the first contemporary Games to Athens in 1896, Australia was ...
Jan 19, 2012 · Melbourne VIC. The 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne was a 'coming of age' for Australian sport and proved Australia was capable of hosting a global event never before held outside of Europe ...
