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CBS Laboratories

CBS Laboratories

. Innovations developed at the labs included many groundbreaking broadcast, industrial, and consumer technologies.

Chronology

* 1936: CBS Laboratories established in New York City to conduct technological research for CBS and outside clients
* 1958: Labs move from Madison Avenue in New York to a new facility in Stamford, CT
** Stereophonic long-playing (LP) record introduced
* I Audio Gain Controller introduced; first of its kind in broadcasting industry
* 1967: Electronic Video Recording announced
* 1960's: CBS Volumax Audio FM Peak Limiter introduced; first of its kind in broadcasting industry
* 1968: Minicam developed for use in national political conventions
* 1971: Labs President Peter Goldmark retires
** Renville H. McMann becomes President of CBS Laboratories
** CBS Labs Staff Scientist Dennis Gabor receives Nobel Prize in Physics for earlier work on holography
* 1975: CBS Laboratories reorganized
** Industrial Division sold to Thomson-CSF; Ren McMann transfers to spinoff
** Core company R&D function renamed CBS Technology Center (CTC)
** Benjamin B. Bauer promoted to Vice-President and General Manager of CTC
* 1978: Actiontrak system spun off from Digital Noise Reducer
* 1979: Donald S. McCoy recruited as general manager of the CBS Technology Center, upon passing of Ben Bauer
* 1986: Laurence Tisch takes control of CBS and closes CTC as part of company-wide streamlining

Undated Developments

* Gemini spacecraft voice recorder
* Vidifont, video character generator
* NetALERT, broadcast radio network signaling system
* DisComputer, record mastering system
* Gulbransen Equinox 380, microprocessor-controlled keyboard instrument
* Loudness Meter and Loudness Control
* CX, LP noise reduction system
* FMX, FM noise reduction system

Emmy Awards

* 1970-1971: Color Corrector which can provide color uniformity between television picture segments and scenes shot and recorded under different conditions at different times and locations
* 1972-1973: CMX 600 Non-Linear Video Tape Editing System (developed by CMX Systems, a CBS/Memorex company) utilizing a computer to aid the decision-making process, store the editing decisions and implement them in the final assembly of takes
* 1974-1975: Electronic News Gathering System
* 1977-1978: Digital Noise Reducer
* 1980-1981: Digital Electronic Still Store System which made the magnetic storage and electronic broadcasting of film slides and graphics easier to manage and more reliable with consistent high quality.
* 1988-1989: Single Camera Editing System
* 1991-1992: (AB Dick, CBS Laboratories and Chyron; Joint Award) Electronic Character Generation for Television
** (CBS Laboratories and Philips; Joint Award) Triax Cable Camera Technology
* 1993: Mini Rapid Deployment Earth Terminal
* 2001-2002: Alignment Color Bar Test Signal for Television Picture Monitors

External links

* [http://www.omniaaudio.com/tech/retrospective.htm Audio Processing: A Retrospective]
* [http://www.rwonline.com/reference-room/milestones/2005_02_02_rwf_cbs_2.shtml The CBS Audimax and Volumax]
* [http://www.terramedia.co.uk/video/evr.htm The quest for home video: EVR]


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