[N.B.C trade releases]. (1957)

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OBBLBH.pPH. mm[H TRADE NEWS y October 1, 1957 JAPANESE VIEWERS TO SEE WORLD SERIES BASEBALL GAMES FOR FIRST TIME— ONLY ONE DAY AFTER PLAY DATES IN U.S.— VIA SPECIAL KINESCOPE RECORDINGS SOLD TO TOKYO STATION BY NBC INTERNATIONAL, LTD. Japanese viewers will see the full 1957 World Series baseball games on their television sets for the first time - only one day after play date in the U.S, -via special kinescoped recordings sold today by NBC Inter¬ national, Ltd,, to commercial television station NTV in Tokyo, Japan. Announcement of the important sale, the first of its kind, was made today by Alfred R. Stern, Chairman of the Board of the wholly-owned NBC subsidiary. Mr. Stern said that Japanese viewers will see each game of the Series, which begins tomorrow, Oct. 2 (12:45 p.m., NYT), in its entirety starting with the opener between the New York Yankees and Milwaukee Braves, Each telecast of the Series games will be kine¬ scoped on the West Coast and rushed via Pan American Air¬ ways to the Tokyo station for replay 24 clock hours later. Mr. Stern said that Japanese station NTV will telecast the Series during prime evening hours rather than in normal daytime hours because of the Japanese people's strong interest in the sport. (more ) PRESS DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK 20, NEW YORK