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The 1954 World Cup, held in Switzerland, was the first to be televised. The Soviet Union did not participate because of their dismal performance at the 1952 Summer Olympics . Scotland made their first appearance in the tournament, but were unable to register a win, going out after the group stage.
The World Cup was first televised in 1954 and as of 2006 is the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world. The cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2006 World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 billion.
Jun 15, 2018 · The 1966 World Cup was not the first to be televised, though. That honour goes to the tournament held in Switzerland 12 years previously. In the early 1950s the BBC was one of a number of European public service broadcasters which had formed the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
The first World Cup took place in Uruguay in 1930 with the first football matches taking place on July 13th, 1930. The tournament saw France beat Mexico with the USA beating Belgium. The competition saw the hosts Uruguay knock out their great rivals Argentina in the final to become the first nation ever crowned World Cup winners.
(EBU) for the exclusive rights to televise the 1966 World Cup was signed in Zurich on 14th April 1962, along with the contract for exclusive television broadcasting of the forthcoming 1962 competition to be held in Chile a few months later.
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Jun 6, 2014 · 1970: Colour makes its debut. By the time the World Cup went back across the Atlantic in 1970, technology had taken impressive strides forward. It was the first World Cup broadcast live by satellite that had been held outside Europe and the first in glorious colour. 2002: The World Cup goes digital. (Photo: Neal Simpson/Empics via The Guardian)
