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RCA was a big company, and had resources to develop and market NTSC color TV. And Sarnoff had enough pull to keep at it for 15 or more years before color TV finally became popular. Having the NBC TV network didn't hurt either.

RCA had that R&D lab in Princeton NJ, where they did many patents on TV. I used to work there until RCA ceased to exist as a real company (that's when GE raped and pillaged it).