Dixel
First use of a portable photo scanner for the digital transmission of captioned images. The Dixel replaces the Belinograph. The photographer no longer has to transport a complete darkroom weighing 50 kg to print photos on paper - necessary for transmission by Belinograph. The Dixel is one of the first 35mm scanners that can be carried in a small box. That year AFP beats all its competitors in photo distribution.
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Henri Pigeat elected AFP president & CEO
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Real time data delivery
Sytin (Système de transmission d'images numérisées) transmits digital images over ordinary analog telephone lines and teleprints photos in real time. This system has no equal anywhere in the world. However, it is only as fast as the analog network on which it depends.
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AFP journalist Patrick Meney wins the Albert Londres Prize
Patrick Meney, AFP journalist for the Moscow bureau, obtains an award for his series of articles about Soviet
Russia.
AFP-Audio
AFP provides news summaries, musical programmes and voice reports to local radio stations, which have just been authorised in France.
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Laser and digital printing
First laser printing of black and white photos. From 1986, printing became digital.
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