| Industry | Color television research and development |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1947 |
| Defunct | October 1951 |
| Fate | Production halted following Korean War conservation efforts |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California , United States |
Key people | Arthur S. Matthews (President) George E. Sleeper, Jr. (Vice president and chief engineer) |
Color Television Inc. was an American research and development firm founded in 1947 and devoted to creating a color television system to be approved by the Federal Communications Commission as the U.S. color broadcasting standard. Its system was one of three considered in a series of FCC hearings from September 1949 to May 1950.