As we celebrate IFA’s 100th anniversary, we look back at some of the ground-breaking technological advances and key moments that have marked the long history of the world’s most prominant platform for the international consumer electronics and home appliances industry.
1950 After a gap of almost ten years due to World War II, the show still known as Funkausstellung was back at last. During this new era, between 1950 and 1970, home video recorders, quadraphony, camera recorders, traffic broadcasting, teletext, television enriched with two-tone and stereo broadcasts, compact discs, DAT, and the first TVs with digital technology were all introduced.
1967 The German Vice-Chancellor and Secretary of State Willy Brandt gave the starting signal and for the first time German TV became colourful thanks to PAL.
1971 The trade show returned to Berlin after taking place in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt/Main, and Stuttgart, and was renamed as the Internationale Funkausstellung, or the International Consumer Electronics Fair in English (IFA). The first video recorders were presented this year.
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