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The history of electronics moves to the videotape or magnetic recording. Sound recording on disk goes back before the birth of the wireless and there were some magnetic sound recorders used in the ...BBC in the 1940s. This programme traces the development of early broadcast videotape from VERA which was developed by BBC engineers and features interviews with Don Kershaw of the BBC and Ray Dolby who originally worked with Ampex and went on to develop the Dolby "A" recording system.
The history of electronics moves to the videotape or magnetic recording. Sound recording on disk goes back before the birth of the wireless and there were some magnetic sound recorders used in the ...BBC in the 1940s. This programme traces the development of early broadcast videotape from VERA which was developed by BBC engineers and features interviews with Don Kershaw of the BBC and Ray Dolby who originally worked with Ampex and went on to develop the Dolby "A" recording system.
| Series: | Technology Faculty Radio; Series 1 |
|---|---|
| Episode | 4 |
| First transmission date: | 1996-09-08 |
| Original broadcast channel: | Radio 4 LW |
| Published: | 1996 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:29:08 |
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| Producer: | Philip Ashby |
| Contributors: | Ray Dolby; Don Kershaw |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Ampex; Frequencies; Magnetic recording; VERA |
| Master spool number: | 95YT0368 |
| Production number: | T006_04 |
| Available to public: | no |
