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U-matic

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Summary

U-matic is a broadcast television system[1]. U-matic draws 1,326 Wikipedia views per month (broadcast television system category, ranking #11 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • Owned by: Sony Group[3]
  • Commons category: U-Matic[4]
  • Inception: 1969[5]
  • Described by source: Q98045421[6]

Why It Matters

U-matic has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] U-matic is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

Morino Sony Group

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . cool.culturalheritage.org. Retrieved . cool.culturalheritage.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). U-matic. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/u-matic
MLA “U-matic.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/u-matic.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_u-matic_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{U-matic}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/u-matic}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16h ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 1807
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'ga', 'hu', 'it', 'j
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 1807, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7327315|U-matic (#7327315)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 4w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → broadcast television system
    Owned by → —
    Tv tropes id → Platform/UMatic
    Instance of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tv tropes id: Platform/UMatic"
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