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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.

1 Chronology
2 Undated Developments
3 Emmy Awards
4 External links

Chronology

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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
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