Now part of GE. RCA was once involved in every aspect of television, from camera to receiver, supplying production, transmission, consumer electronic, and CATV equipment, and operating a television network (NBC) and a satellite transmission carrier.

RCA developed the first effective HDTV camera tube, proposed several HDEP schemes ranging from 750 to 2625 scanning lines, and did extensive ATV research at RCA Laboratories (now SRI International’s DSRC).

RCA’s broadcast equipment group no longer exists, Burle is selling its tubes, and its consumer electronics are now part of the Thomson group.

GE has, thus far, retained the satellite transmission carrier (renaming it GE Americom) and the NBC television network, a proponent of the ACTV ATV schemes.