<P> Projects attempting to establish new consumer electronics products lost money . An RCA Studio II home video game console, introduced in 1977, was canceled just under two years later due to poor sales . A capacitance electronic (CED) videodisc, marketed under the SelectaVision name, was launched in 1981, but never developed the manufacturing volumes needed to substantially bring down its price, and was unable to compete against cheaper, recordable videotape technology . It was abandoned in 1985 for a write - off of several hundred million dollars . </P> <P> In 1981, Columbia sold its share in the home video division to RCA and outside of North America this division was renamed to "RCA / Columbia Pictures International Video". The following year, within North America, it was renamed to "RCA / Columbia Pictures Home Video". In 1983, Arista Records owner Bertelsmann sold 50% of Arista to RCA . In 1985, Bertelsmann and RCA formed a joint venture called RCA / Ariola International, which took over management of RCA Records . </P> <P> In 1984, RCA Broadcast Systems Division moved from Camden, New Jersey, to the site of the RCA antenna engineering facility in Gibbsboro, New Jersey . On October 3, 1985, RCA announced it was closing the Broadcast Systems Division . In the years that followed, the broadcast product lines developed in Camden were terminated or sold off, and most of the buildings at the Camden site were demolished, except for a few of the original RCA Victor buildings that had been declared national historic buildings . For several years, RCA spinoff L - 3 Communications Systems East was headquartered in the famous Nipper Building, but has since moved to an adjacent building built by the city for them . The Nipper Building now houses shops and luxury loft apartments . </P> <P> In December 1985, it was announced that General Electric would reacquire its former subsidiary for $6.28 billion in cash, or $66.50 per share of stock . The sale was completed the next year, and GE proceeded to sell off most of the RCA assets . (The only RCA unit which GE ultimately retained was Government Services .) GE disposed of its 50% interest in RCA Records to its partner Bertelsmann, and the company was renamed BMG Music, for Bertelsmann Music Group . In 1987, RCA Global Communications Inc., a division with roots dating back to RCA's founding, was sold to the MCI Communications Corporation . The rights to make RCA and GE - branded televisions and other consumer electronics products were purchased in 1988 by the French company Thomson Consumer Electronics, in exchange for some of Thomson's medical businesses . (For information on the RCA brand after 1986, see RCA (trademark).) That same year, its semiconductor business (including the former RCA Solid State unit and Intersil) was bought by Harris Corporation . In 1991, GE sold its share in RCA / Columbia to Sony Pictures which renamed the unit to "Columbia TriStar Home Video" (later further renamed to Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, now Sony Pictures Home Entertainment). This merger surpassed the Capital Cities / ABC merger that happened earlier in 1985 as the largest non-oil merger in business history . </P>

Which of the following was not part of the creation of the radio corporation of america