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- Monday (31 May) marks forty years since TV sports coverage changed forever, as Mexico 1970 became the first World Cup broadcast in colour.
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The first color transmission took place in 1970 with that year's FIFA World Cup aired by Radio Caracas Televisión. In 1972, Venezolana de Televisión broadcast Renny Ottolina's documentary Churun Meru in color through a closed-circuit system installed in a number of hotels.
May 12, 2010 · The introduction of Colour TV around that time truly cemented the 1970 World Cup's iconic status. Everthing, from the classic adidas 'Telstar' spotted ball to the vivid yellow Brazil...
The 1970 Mexico World Cup was the first time the viewing public could see the wide variety of the national teams’ coloured strips. The most memorable moment was witnessing Gordon Banks’ save against the yellow-shirted Pele when England played Brazil, which has gone down as one of the greatest saves in football history.”
- BBC ‘Match of The Day’
- MOTD: Development
- MOTD: Early Technical Hiccups
- The Slow Motion Revolution
- MOTD: BBC Football Commentators
- MOTD: BBC Main Football Presenters
- ITV Football Coverage Start
- ITV Football Commentators
- BBC ‘Football Focus’ & ITV ‘On The Ball’
- Scheduling: ‘Motd’ & ‘The Big Match’
BBC’s ‘Match of the Day’ programme is recognised as the longest running football programme in the world (Guinness book of Records 2015). It was first aired on 22 August 1964 showing the highlights of the Liverpool v Arsenal league match. Originally shown on BBC2, which was enjoying its first year of broadcasting, alongside BBC1 & commercial rivals ...
‘Match of the Day’ moved to BBC1 in 1969. Becoming an important part of Saturday night TV. Broadcasting extended highlights of two league matches started in the 1970-71 season in a one-hour slot, with little time for interviews. In the same season, the current theme tune recognised even by those who have no interest in football was first broadcast....
The clumsy editing in the early days made for some amusing if not professional moments. Famously, in one match footballer Brian Kidd was seen throwing the ball to himself. Production assistant Roy Norton recalled a time when the editing staff, in a match that contained five goals played the wrong action reply to each of the goals that had just been...
It may seem strange to non-techies, but showing slow motion, or even still photographs, was for many years a real challenge. Put simply, analogue TV required a stable continuous signal flow and throughout the fifties and sixties most programmes had to be broadcast live. This included TV drama’s and soaps. The transition to videotape, allowed film t...
David Coleman (1967-1979), Barry Davies (1969-2004) and John Motson(1972-2018) became household names through the programme. Motson known for his statistics and fact finding during his commentary. David Coleman building a career infront of camera as main presenter, as well as commentator. Alongside working on other BBC sports programmes, as did Bar...
The main MOTD presenters job, became one of the most converted in televised sport. The list reads like who’s who of sports broadcasters: 1. Kenneth Wolstenholme (1964–1967) 2. David Coleman (1967–1973) 3. Jimmy Hill(1973–1988) 4. Des Lynam (1988–1999) 5. Gary Lineker (1999–present) In the eighties a short news round up of other matches was put into...
At the beginning ITV’s regional coverage expanded slowly. Each ITV area filmed a particular match in their region. The big five franchise areas covered Granada (North-West), ATV (Midlands) Southern TV (South of England), Yorkshire (Yorkshire’s area), Thames & London Weekend Television (London). But other parts of the country got in on coverage; Ang...
The regular regional viewers became use to the various commentators voices. Often associated with the region they were working for at the time: 1. Gerald Sinstadt 1969-1981 & Martin Tyler 1981-1990 (Granada TV) 2. Gerry Harrison 1969-1983 (Anglia TV) 3. Hugh Johns 1965-1982 & Peter Brackley1982-1988 (ATV & Central) 4. Brian Moore (London) Even with...
In the sixties and seventies, BBC & ITV put out rival football magazine programmes as part of their Saturday afternoon sports coverage. These provided gossip, news and opinion from the domestic game. BBC’s ‘Grandstand’(1958-2007) featured ‘Football Preview’ with Sam Leitch. This being renamed as ‘Football Focus’ in 1974 with ex-Arsenal goalkeeper B...
Both TV stations scheduled ‘Football Focus’ and ‘On the Ball’ up against each other, with no means of home recording until the late seventies. Each previewed the main Saturday matches. These went out as highlighted games on BBC ‘Match of the Day’ Saturday evening (1964-1980, 1983-1988, 1992-2001, 2004-present) and on ITV Sunday afternoon, apart fro...
Jul 1, 2017 · IT WAS in 1970 that the Sheffield player Roger Taylor pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history, beating Rod Laver to reach the quarter-finals of the men's singles. But today, it...
Jun 5, 2014 · Final: Brazil 4-1 Italy. The first World Cup finals to be televised live in colour to a global audience have a special place in the sport's history. It is widely regarded as the best...
Nov 7, 2022 · The 1970 World Cup was the first to be broadcast in colour. It also had an average match attendance of 50,000 for the first time.
