Editing Zenith Electronics (section)

{{short description|American electronics company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Zenith Electronics, LLC
| image = 1000 Milwaukee Avenue.jpeg
| image_caption = Headquarters in [[Glenview, Illinois]] from 1976 to 1999 (demolished in 2018)
| logo = Zenith Electronics Corporation logo.svg
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| genre = 
| former_names = Chicago Radio Labs <br>(1918–1923)<br>Zenith Radio Company <br> (1923–1984)<br>Zenith Electronics Corporation
<br>(1984–1999)<br>Zenith Electronics, LLC<br>(1999–present)
| foundation = {{start date and age|1918}} (as Chicago Radio Labs)<br>[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
| founders = {{ubl|Ralph Matthews|Karl Hassel|[[Eugene F. McDonald]]}}
| location_city = [[Lincolnshire, Illinois|Lincolnshire]], Illinois
| location_country = U.S.
| location = 
| locations = 
| area_served = 
| key_people = David Penski ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
| industry = {{ubl|Technology|Technology licensing}}
| products = 
| services = {{ubl|[[Research and development]] ([[ATSC standards|ATSC]] and [[digital rights management]] technologies)|technology licensing}}
| revenue = {{decrease}} [[United States dollar|US$]]444.7 million (1999)
| operating_income = 
| net_income = 
| owner = 
| num_employees = 976<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0704074D:US|title = Zenith Electronics LLC - Company Profile and News|website = [[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref>
| parent = [[LG Electronics]] (1999–present)
| divisions = 
| subsid = 
| homepage = {{Official URL}}
| footnotes = 
}}

'''Zenith Electronics, LLC''', is an American [[research and development]] company that develops [[ATSC standards|ATSC]] and [[digital rights management]] technologies. It is owned by the South Korean company [[LG Electronics]]. Zenith was previously an American brand of consumer electronics, a manufacturer of radio and [[television]] receivers and other consumer electronics, and was headquartered in [[Glenview, Illinois]]. After a series of layoffs, the consolidated headquarters moved to [[Lincolnshire, Illinois]]. For many years, their famous [[slogan]] (borrowed from Crown Piano maker George Bent of Chicago, used through the 1890s) was "The quality goes in before the name goes on".<ref name="World Today 1906">{{cite journal |title=Advertisement |journal=[[The World Today (magazine)|The World Today]] |date=December 1906 }}</ref> [[LG Electronics]] acquired a controlling share of Zenith in 1995; Zenith became a wholly owned subsidiary in 1999. Zenith was the inventor of [[subscription television]] and the modern [[remote control]], and was the first to develop [[high-definition television]] (HDTV) in [[North America]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Zenith Heritage|url=http://www.zenith.com/heritage/|publisher=Zenith|access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref>

Zenith-branded products were sold in [[North America]], [[Germany]], [[Thailand]] (to 1983), [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[India]], and [[Myanmar]].