Draft:Broadcasting of the Apollo 11 landing
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Comment: I would recommend starting with a section in the other article, then starting its own, if it is warranted. Geardona (talk to me?) 04:06, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
The Apollo 11 landing was broadcast all around the world, and is often considered one of the greatest broadcasts in history[1], with several countries having live broadcasts as it happened, with most others having it broadcast hours or days later
Television
[edit]United States
[edit]All three major American broadcast networks, CBS, NBC and ABC had live coverage of the Moon landing. In the United States, 94 percent of people watching television were tuned into the event.[2]
New Zealand
[edit]By the time of the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969, the two islands were each network-capable via microwave link, but the link over Cook Strait had not been completed, and there was no link between New Zealand and the outside world. Footage of the Moon landing was recorded on video tape at the Australian Broadcasting Commission's ABN-2 in Sydney, then rushed by an RNZAF English Electric Canberra to Wellington and WNTV1.[3] To forward this to the South Island, the NZBC positioned one of its first outside broadcasting vans to beam the footage to a receiving dish across Cook Strait, from which it was forwarded through the recently commissioned South Island network.
References
[edit]- ^ "Apollo 11: 'The greatest single broadcast in television history'". 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
- ^ Hsu, Tiffany (2019-07-15). "The Apollo 11 Mission Was Also a Global Media Sensation". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
- ^ "Apollo 11 TV – as seen in New Zealand". www.honeysucklecreek.net. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
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