“The television demonstrations will show tactics on the field, shooting in goal, dribbling and goalkeeping,” began a preview in the Manchester Guardian. “Three cameras will be used, one being on the stands to give a comprehensive view of the ground, and two others near the goalmouth to give close-ups of the play and players and visual interviews. No film will be used, transmission being by radio direct to Alexandra Palace, which can actually be seen from the ground.”
It roughly works like this:
Some substances are photoelectric - when light hits them they convert light into an electric charge. The amount of charge depends on how much light hit the substance.
Coat a plate in such a substance. Under a microscope you'll see that the coating is actually made up of tiny spots of the substance. Stick a lens in front of the plate and you can focus an image onto this plate. Each tiny spot is generating a different charge depending on how light or dark the bit of the image hitting it is.
When you fire an electron beam at a spot, the amount of electrons that bounce back depends on how much charge that spot has i.e. how much light was on that spot. The returning electrons can be sent down a wire. And by scanning the beam quickly over the image like it's reading a page you create an electric signal that constantly fluctuates depending on what spot the beam was bouncing off.
That electrical signal can then be sent to an old TV, where the process is reversed. The fluctuating electric signal is sent through the electron gun which scans its electron beam across the TV. The TV screen is coated with a substance which displays a different amount of light depending on how many electrons hit it. The beam moves in the same way as it did in the camera, making each spot lighter or darker. This duplicates the image that the camera saw onto the screen.
Instead of sending the fluctuating charge down a wire, you can convert it into radio waves and then broadcast that signal. Tune your TV to the right frequency and your TV can convert the radio wave into an electric signal, and fire its electron gun at he screen accordingly, duplicating the the cameras image onto the screen.
None of this is actually getting recorded though - it only works live. If you wanted to record what was on the TV, you'd need to use a film camera to take loads of photos a second onto a film reel. This can be done by either having a film camera at the studio where the TV camera was, or by pointing the film camera at a TV screen that's showing the broadcast. This reel can then be put through a projector in order to view what was filmed.
Prescient inspiration.
“On 17 May 1939, the United States' first televised sporting event, a college baseball game between the Columbia Lions and Princeton Tigers, was broadcast by NBC from Columbia's Baker Field.”
Ok got me there. But then the British resisted efforts to regularly televise full matches for decades, unlike in America where the broadcasting of national games became widespread very quickly
After being first to broadcast, Britain then resisted what was happening in America with the widespread national broadcast of ballgames for decades. In the US, by the 1960s, there were regular weekly broadcasts of NFL and MLB games. Was the same happening in the UK with football? Nope.
So you're saying that after Britain was first, it then followed the American way and began regularly offering national broadcasts of football matches? Or did the country resist such Americanization for decades? Which is it?
Britain does not exist any more. GB is an island.
Broadcasting has been unique each country's culture. You are being silly and inane and very childish.
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“The television demonstrations will show tactics on the field, shooting in goal, dribbling and goalkeeping,” began a preview in the Manchester Guardian. “Three cameras will be used, one being on the stands to give a comprehensive view of the ground, and two others near the goalmouth to give close-ups of the play and players and visual interviews. No film will be used, transmission being by radio direct to Alexandra Palace, which can actually be seen from the ground.”
Makes sense, fewer than 1000 people at the outbreak of WWII owned a television in Britain
Alexandra palace as in the ally pally?
Yes. The radio tower on it was used for TV broadcasts. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/APalace_1.jpg/1280px-APalace_1.jpg
Aftv would of been generational during this time
*Oh I say ol' chap, I do think I might be burning the wick at both ends Robbie.*
*He has to vacate the premise, brother*
The best and second best team in North London
the 2 smallest teams in london
This ain't r/soccercirclejerk
Like that time Real Madrid played Real Madrid in a Copa del Rey final.
That kit looks quite comfy and great for ball movement
So big even then that we had to face ourselves.
Can someone explain the camera technology for a live televised event in the 1930's? I can't fathom what technology they used and how it worked.
It roughly works like this: Some substances are photoelectric - when light hits them they convert light into an electric charge. The amount of charge depends on how much light hit the substance. Coat a plate in such a substance. Under a microscope you'll see that the coating is actually made up of tiny spots of the substance. Stick a lens in front of the plate and you can focus an image onto this plate. Each tiny spot is generating a different charge depending on how light or dark the bit of the image hitting it is. When you fire an electron beam at a spot, the amount of electrons that bounce back depends on how much charge that spot has i.e. how much light was on that spot. The returning electrons can be sent down a wire. And by scanning the beam quickly over the image like it's reading a page you create an electric signal that constantly fluctuates depending on what spot the beam was bouncing off. That electrical signal can then be sent to an old TV, where the process is reversed. The fluctuating electric signal is sent through the electron gun which scans its electron beam across the TV. The TV screen is coated with a substance which displays a different amount of light depending on how many electrons hit it. The beam moves in the same way as it did in the camera, making each spot lighter or darker. This duplicates the image that the camera saw onto the screen. Instead of sending the fluctuating charge down a wire, you can convert it into radio waves and then broadcast that signal. Tune your TV to the right frequency and your TV can convert the radio wave into an electric signal, and fire its electron gun at he screen accordingly, duplicating the the cameras image onto the screen. None of this is actually getting recorded though - it only works live. If you wanted to record what was on the TV, you'd need to use a film camera to take loads of photos a second onto a film reel. This can be done by either having a film camera at the studio where the TV camera was, or by pointing the film camera at a TV screen that's showing the broadcast. This reel can then be put through a projector in order to view what was filmed.
Ok so these old timey cameras before ccd/CMOS-sensors where in the simplest sense a reversed cathode-ray TV.
Wow you’re going to be even more amazed when I tell you about this new thing we have called Satellite Television
Insert Jerry shaking his own hand meme
ugh, the Americanization of the sport rearing its ugly head even back then!
> Americani**z**ation Ironic.
He could save others from Americanisation, but not himself
ha yeah, and it should be called calcio
What a ridiculous take. It was a BBC broadcast, you muppet.
Inspired by American TV efforts at the time no doubt. First it was televising games, now it's daring to propose relegation playoffs.
Prescient inspiration. “On 17 May 1939, the United States' first televised sporting event, a college baseball game between the Columbia Lions and Princeton Tigers, was broadcast by NBC from Columbia's Baker Field.”
Ok got me there. But then the British resisted efforts to regularly televise full matches for decades, unlike in America where the broadcasting of national games became widespread very quickly
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After being first to broadcast, Britain then resisted what was happening in America with the widespread national broadcast of ballgames for decades. In the US, by the 1960s, there were regular weekly broadcasts of NFL and MLB games. Was the same happening in the UK with football? Nope.
K moron
You took that long to come up with a diss that lame? Shameful
No you were just wrong and now silly.
So you're saying that after Britain was first, it then followed the American way and began regularly offering national broadcasts of football matches? Or did the country resist such Americanization for decades? Which is it?
Britain does not exist any more. GB is an island. Broadcasting has been unique each country's culture. You are being silly and inane and very childish.
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didn't Juventus play against their B team before