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History of SONY

1940's - 2010

1946

1950
Japan's first
magnetite-coated
,paper-based
recording
tape."Soni tape"

Sony was
established in
Tokyo,
Nihonbashi

1958

1955
Japan's first
transistor radio,
the TR-55

Company
name
changed
to Sony
Co.
May 1960

1960

1968

On
February,
SONY Co.
of America
was
established
in U.S.A

World's first
direct-view
portable TV
1961
Sony
became the
first
Japanese
company to
offer shares
in the U.S.A

Sony
Ltd.
Establis
hedin
UK
1970

Sony established in
Cologne, Germany

1971

Sony created a
3/4 inch u-matic
color video
cassette player

1972

1973

Sony receives the first Emmy


ever awarded to a Japanese
company for developing the
Trinitron color TV system.

U-matic video
casettes recorder
1979

1982

Sales launch of the


TPS-L2, the first
stereo cassette
player Walkman.

World's first CD player,


the CDP-101, launched.

1984

1990

Launch of the HD-equipped,


16:9 wide aspect ratio,
36-inch consumer-use
television

High definition video


system (HDVS) launched.

1993

2007

Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc.
established.

2009

World's first
OLED TV
released.

2008

Sony Group
unveils new brand
message
"make.believe"
2010

Sony introduces Sony


Internet TV, powered by
Google TV he world's first
television with Google TV
platform.

Sony releases
world's
smallest full
HD "
Handycam"

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