RCA was a major record label, but also committed to investing in consumer entertainment technology. In this 1935 article, the company boasted about its promising R&D work in television. Today record labels spend zero dollars on tech & are thus at the mercy of Apple, Google, etc.
It's rarely remembered today, but RCA was the Apple and Microsoft of its day—making innovative devices to enhance consumer entertainment. It's no coincidence that music industry revenues stagnated after the major labels stopped investing in innovation. https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-the-music-industry-could-learn-from-1920s-rca