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German prewar TV viewing rate

Fernsehzuschauer / TV viewing rate

DATE VIEWER/DAY REMARKS SOURCES
1935, March 250 start of TV (3)
1935, April 3000 only Public viewing in the Postmuseum TV room (4)
1936, Olympics 10140 in Berlin during the Olympics (162228/16 days, calculated per day), only public viewing (2)
1937, beginning of 2000 in Berlin, counted by Reichspostdirektion (1)
1939-1944 1500-2000 average in Berlin (2)
1940, January 320 in Berlin (10000/month, calculated per day) (1)
1940, April 570 in Berlin (17000/month, calculated per day) (1)
1943 5000 in Berlin, only public viewing, without domestic tv (1)

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Quellen / Sources

(1) http://www.student-online.net/Publikationen/92/ -Zugriff am 14.06.09
(2) http://www.uni-koblenz-landau.de/koblenz/fb2/ik/studium/seminarunterlagen/ss2008/fernsehsprache6.pdf -Zugriff am 22.12.08
(3) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehen_in_Deutschland -Zugriff am 14.06.09
(4) http://www.mediaculture-online.de/fileadmin/bibliothek/hoffmann_video/hoffmann_video.html -Zugriff am 14.06.09


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