CBS Laboratories
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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[edit] History
CBS Laboratories established in 1936 in New York City to conduct technological research for CBS and outside clients. The Labs moved from Madison Avenue in New York to a new facility in Stamford, Connecticut in 1958.
In 1959 the CBS Audimax I Audio Gain Controller introduced, it was the first of its kind in broadcasting industry. In the 1960s the CBS Volumax Audio FM Peak Limiter introduced, also the first of its kind in broadcasting industry. Electronic Video Recording was announced in 1967. The minicam was developed for use in national political conventions in 1968. CBS Labs Staff Scientist Dennis Gabor receives Nobel Prize in Physics for earlier work on holography.
CBS Laboratories reorganized in 1975. The Industrial Division was sold to Thomson-CSF. Core company R&D function was renamed CBS Technology Center (CTC). Actiontrak system spun off from Digital Noise Reducer in 1978.
In 1986 Laurence Tisch took control of CBS and closed CTC as part of company-wide streamlining.
[edit] Undated Developments
- Gemini spacecraft voice recorder
- Vidifont, video character generator
- CBS Loudness Meter and Loudness Control
- CBS NetALERT, broadcast radio network signaling system
- CBS DisComputer, record mastering system
- Gulbransen Equinox 380, microprocessor-controlled keyboard instrument
- Interactive download of musical-keyboard performance over Venture One shop-at-home trial.
- CX, LP noise reduction system
- FMX, FM noise reduction system
[edit] 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
