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The remote control that lets referees apologize in slow motion.
means A video playback of a sporting event's action, often slowed down, used to review what just happened or settle a disputed call.
from A 20th-century broadcasting term, born in American television — producers realized that recording live footage and replaying it seconds later could let viewers (and eventually officials) see a play again before the game had even moved on. 'Instant' marked the key innovation: unlike film replays of the past, which took time to develop, this replay happened almost immediately, changing how sports were watched and, later, officiated.
- origin year
- 1963, CBS college football broadcast
- first words said
- announcer warned viewers it wasn't a rerun
- nfl adoption
- took until 1986 to trust it
- irony
- invented to settle arguments, mostly starts new ones