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REDIFFUSION Reditune Ltd.
REDIFFUSION REDITUNE
email - Gerald Clode
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Reditune Head Office, Orpington, Kent.  UK
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Rediffusion Reditune Orpington.

The Headquarters of Reditune at Orpington, Kent housed administration for both UK and Overseas operations together with production and service facilities.

Reditune was founded by Rediffusion in 1956 on  the potential of a supplying a background music service for commercial and industrial applications.  Once established in the United Kingdom, the Reditune operation was extended to overseas Rediffusion companies and, where no Rediffusion company existed, franchise agents were appointed. The first of these was in Belgium in 1961, and eventually Reditune operated  in seventy countries with a combined subscribership of more than 35,000.  Reditune became the largest world-wide background music operator outside of the United States.

The music tracks were recorded at the Music Department of Reditune, but in 1969 this department was detached from Reditune and became the nucleus of a new company, Rediffusion International Music Ltd. providing recorded material from it's factory in South Wales.
Dubbing and mass duplication of cartridge tapes took place at the Orpington facility and subscribers were entitled to exchange cartridges as often as they wished from a catalogue of their choice.
In spite of the wide range of music available, to meet the needs of subscribers, a new company: Carlton Phonograph Limited was set up in 1971 to provide a Juke Box service to specifically cove the London and Home Counties region.
Barry Pyatt worked at Reditune from 1973  1978 on the  development of the LAA100/LR2 induction loop system.  Read More
The Reditune Music Players were manufactured by Rediffusion TVR in Jersey CI.     Read More.
Peter Standley worked at Reditune from 1972 - 1995 as Technical Director.    Read More.
International Conference 1975 Orpington
International Conference 1975 Orpington
Engineering Conference TVR Jersey 1974
Engineering Conference TVR Jersey 1974
Although a very profitable division of the Rediffusion Group, Reditune befell the same fate as all the group companies and was evantually sold by it's corporate owners, BET.  In 1993, AEI Group of Seattle, Washington USA.  paid £18 million ($25 m) for Rediffusion Reditune and it's German subsidiary Reditune Thorsen.
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The original cartrige player, the TP1 was developed in 1957 by Rediffusion's engineering department Television Research Limited based in Jersey, Channel Islands.  Later the TP.80 was to become the mainstay Reditune playback machine. The above TP1 Reditune Machine found it's way to Melbourne Australia and is still working 50 Years on !!
Reditune Recording Studio

Reditune Recording Studio

Tape Duplication Studio

Tape Duplication Studio

Hearing Protector Headset

Hearing Protector Headset

Tape Cartridges

Tape Cartridges

TP 80 Playback Machine

TP 80 Playback Machine

Reditune TP1 Tag

Reditune TP1 Tag

TP1 Cassette

TP1 Cassette

Reditune TP1 Machine

Reditune TP1 Machine

Reditune TP1 Machine

Reditune TP1 Machine

Rediffusion RMT 2.  Click for more