This was also the first Olympics with television transmission (25 viewing spaces were scattered all over Berlin and Potsdam) and radio transmissions in 28 languages (with 20 radio vans and 300 microphones).
Ove su igre također bile prve olimpijske igre sa TV prijenosom (25 velikih ekrana je bilo rasuto po cijelom Berlinu) i radio prijenosom u 28 jezika (sa 20 radio kombija i 300 mikrofona).