Nippon TV broadcasts live via satellite from its New York studio to Tokyo
Composer Toshiro Mayuzumi relayed a satellite broadcast from a studio in New York to Tokyo under the title of โJapan-U.S. Space Relay.โ The first Nippon TV New York bureau chief interviewed Muhammad Ali about a โMessage to the Japaneseโ before broadcasting the world heavyweight boxing championship at the worldโs first indoor baseball stadium, the Astrodome (Houston).