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Wimbledon was also involved in a piece of television history, when on 1 July 1967 the first official colour television broadcast took place in the UK. Four hours live coverage of the 1967 Championships was shown on BBC Two, which was the first television channel in Europe to regularly broadcast in colour.
The 1967 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 26 June until Saturday 8 July 1967. [1] It was the 81st staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1967.
The Wimbledon World Lawn Tennis Professional Championships, also known as the Wimbledon Pro, was a men's tennis tournament held in August 1967. [1] [2] The tournament was sponsored and broadcast by the BBC to mark the invention of colour television.
High-definition television coverage of Wimbledon is broadcast by the BBC for the first time. The BBC HD channel shows continual live coverage during the tournament of Centre Court and Court No. 1 as well as the evening highlights show Today at Wimbledon. 2008. No events. 2009. December – The BBC broadcasts the end of year ATP Finals for the ...
The live BBC1 broadcast of the 1967 Miss World competition is watched by over 23 million viewers. ... BBC Wimbledon (1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–2024) 1930s
In August 1967, Vine presented the Wimbledon World Lawn Tennis Professional Championships, which was the first tennis tournament at Wimbledon to feature professional players and also the first colour television sports service in Europe, which BBC2 launched on 1 July 1967.
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The tournament consisted of a four players and was played between 3rd and 5th April 1967. [2] The event coincided with the British public television broadcaster BBC2 who began transmitting in colour for the first time, and this tournament. [4] It preceded the colour broadcasting of the later Wimbledon Pro tournament in August that year.