Type B videotape

1-inch Type B Helical Scan or SMPTE B is a reel-to-reelanalog recordingvideo tape format developed by the Bosch Fernseh division of Bosch in Germany in 1976. The format uses 1-inch-wide (25 mm) magnetic tape and became the broadcasting standard in continental Europe, but adoption was limited in the United States and United Kingdom, where the Type C videotape format met with greater success.