CBS Labs in Stamford, CT
CBS Laboratories or CBS Labs (later known as the CBS Technology Center) was the technology research and development organization of CBS. Innovations developed at the labs included many groundbreaking broadcast, industrial, and consumer technologies.
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- 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
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1959: CBS Audimax I Audio Gain Controller introduced; first of its kind in broadcasting industry
CBS Audimax - 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
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- 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
