Behind The Scenes...NBC Sports Olympic Coverage Wrap Up Two years of planning, 102 shipping containers…
Tag: Sports
1.28 Billion Minutes Streamed (and NBC Is Still Counting)
NBC Olympics: TV Ratings Not Great, But Steaming Video HUGE Heading into Friday night, NBC's…
August 9, 1936…Jesse Owens Won His 4th Gold Medal In Berlin
August 9, 1936...Jesse Owens Won His 4th Gold Medal In Berlin The first live television…
August 6, 1956…The DuMont Network Goes Dark
August 6, 1956...The DuMont Network Goes Dark In furthering television on a technical basis, DuMont…
June 19, 1946…1st Image Orthicon Cameras & Network Sponsorship
June 19, 1946...1st Image Orthicon Cameras & Network Sponsorship In the photos, you see the…
May 17, 1939…Television’s First Sports Announcer & Baseball Game
May 17, 1939...Television's First Sports Announcer & Baseball Game On May 17, 1939 NBC broadcast…
May 17, 1930…Construction Begins On Rockefeller Center
May 17, 1930...Construction Begins On Rockefeller Center Of the 21 buildings on 15 acres in…
Massive Kentucky Derby Production ‘Like a Super Bowl’ for NBC Sports Group
Producing Today's Kentucky Derby...A Mega Job For NBC With 300 crew members, 54 cameras, 15…
April 29, 1961…ABC’s “Wide World Of Sports” Debuts
April 29, 1961...ABC's "Wide World Of Sports" Debuts This video is from the last episode…
This Week In Sports TV History…Jackie Robinson Scores Again
This Week In Sports TV History...Jackie Robinson Scores Again In the photo, Leo Durocher welcomes…
Brief History of CBS And The Masters Tournament…
When CBS televised its first Masters in 1956, the network used seven cameras and covered…
TeleTales #106…ABC’s First News Stars; John Daly And Quincy Howe
TeleTales #106...ABC's First News Stars; John Daly And Quincy Howe Both men started out with…
More SNL Rarities…The Original SNL With Howard Cosell
More SNL Rarities...The Original SNL With Howard Cosell You may be surprised to know that…
Television Milestones…1939 – 1940 Historical Events Timeline
Sometimes, it's good to put things is perspective with a big picture overview of how…
Live from Super Bowl XLIX: NBC Sports Settles in for the Big Game : Sports Video Group
TeleTales #46...More Behind The Scenes Super Bowl Reports When you click this article, notice to…
Hurley’s Bar a/k/a….”NBC Studio 1H”
"NBC Studio 1H"...Hurely's Bar As you can see in the photo below, Hurley's Bar (which…
Remembering Tony Verna…Inventor Of Instant Replay
Remembering Tony Verna...Inventor Of Instant Replay PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Tony Verna, a television director…
January 16, 1949…KNBH Television Signs On; Exclusive Photos
January 16, 1949...KNBH Television Signs On; Exclusive Photos These two black and white photos are…
How ESPN Covered The Rose & Sugar Bowl Games
How ESPN Covered The Rose And Sugar Bowl...A Massive Effort Amazingly, they used two separate…
ABC, Color College Football…Texas Tech, 1971
ABC, Color College Football...Texas Tech, 1971 Back in the TK41 days, brute strength was part…
Some Television Firsts In Football…Pro and College
Some Television Firsts In Football...Pro and College Here are some interesting firsts in the coverage…