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. The phrase research and development (also R and D or R&D) has a special commercial significance apart from its conventional coupling of scientific research and technological development. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ...

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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  CBS Audimax
  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

Image File history File links Information_icon. ... Shortcut: WP:CU Marking articles for cleanup This page is undergoing a transition to an easier-to-maintain format. ... Stamford is a city located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 117,083. ... Stereophonic means having two channels of audio. ... Long Playing (LP), 12-inch diameter, 33 rpm (actually 33⅓) vinyl gramophone records were the primary release format for recorded music for about 40 years from the 1960s until CDs effectively replaced them in the late 1990s. ... Peter Carl Goldmark (1906 – 1977) was a Hungarian-born, American engineer who, during his time with Columbia Records, was instrumental in developing the long-playing (LP) microgroove 33-1/3 rpm vinyl phonograph discs which defined home audio for two generations. ... Dennis Gabor (Gábor Dénes) (June 5, 1900, Budapest – February 9, 1979, London) was a Hungarian physicist and inventor who is most notable for inventing holography. ... Nobel Prize medal. ... Holography (from the Greek, Όλος-holos whole + γραφή-graphe writing) is the science of producing holograms; it is an advanced form of photography that allows an image to be recorded in three dimensions. ... Thomson-CSF was a major electronics and defense contractor. ... Laurence Alan Tisch (born March 5, 1923, died November 15, 2003) was a Wall Street investor and self-made billionaire. ...

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

Project Gemini was the second human spaceflight program of the United States of America. ... A microprocessor (sometimes abbreviated µP) is a programmable digital electronic component that incorporates the functions of a central processing unit (CPU) on a single semiconducting integrated circuit (IC). ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... Loudness monitoring of programme levels is needed in radio and television broadcasting, as well as in audio post production. ... Loudness is the quality of a sound which is high in volume (amplitude, or sound pressure). ... CX is a form of noise reduction for recorded audio in the analog domain. ... Noise reduction is the process of removing noise from a signal. ...

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 SYSTEMS, a CBS/Memorex company) Non-Linear Video Tape Editing System, 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

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External links

• Audio Processing: A Retrospective
• The CBS Audimax and Volumax
• The quest for home video: EVR