SPST 3175 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Roone Arledge, 1964 Winter Olympics, Chet Simmons
23 Jan 2018
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This time the camera was behind home plate: september 30th: college football game between waynesburg and fordham covered by a single camera. In 1949: there were more than 27 hours of sports on television on primetime networks: boxing was a frequently televised sport, due to its popularity, proximity and confined space. Crafting sport television as entertainment: sport did not always translate easily to the small screen, there were continual effort to shape the spectacle of televised sports, ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts of the (cid:271)roader (cid:862)sho(cid:449) (cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess(cid:863) i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed the pa(cid:272)kagi(cid:374)g of tele(cid:448)ised sports. By 1954, all schools were in on the deal: 1955: big ten pressured ncaa to add 5 regionally televised games per season. Abc(cid:859)s ol(cid:455)(cid:373)pi(cid:272) co(cid:448)erage: cbs hosted a 15-minute highlight program at the end of each day of the 1960 winter. Olympics: roone arledge with chet simmons procured the rights for abc to broadcast the 1964.
