{"id":84416,"date":"2021-03-12T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=84416"},"modified":"2021-03-12T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T15:55:00","slug":"inventor-of-the-cassette-tape-lou-ottens-dies-aged-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/inventor-of-the-cassette-tape-lou-ottens-dies-aged-94\/","title":{"rendered":"Inventor of the cassette tape, Lou Ottens, dies aged 94"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">Dutch engineer Lou Ottens, credited for inventing the audio cassette tape and involved in the development of the CD, died last weekend.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in 1926, engineer and inventor Lodewijk Frederik Ottens died last weekend in his hometown Duizel, in the Netherlands. The news was announced earlier this week by his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ottens is best known for inventing the compact cassette tape in the 60s as Head of Philips&#8217; product development department. The tape was introduced at the Berlin Radio electronics fair in 1963. After striking a deal with Philips and Sony, his model was confirmed as the patented cassette and became a worldwide success. The cassette transformed the way people listen to music, especially with the introduction of the Walkman making the format portable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, an estimated 100 billion cassette tapes have been sold. <a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/the-unlikely-return-of-cassettes\/\">Cassettes have seen a resurgence in recent years,<\/a> with the analogue format <a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/the-official-top-40-best-selling-cassettes-of-2020\/\">hitting a 17 year high in 2020.<\/a> According to the Official Chart Company in the UK cassette tapes saw an increase in 103% in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later in his life, Lou Ottens was involved in the development of the compact disc. 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