Thomson Broadcast

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Thomson Broadcast
TypePrivate
IndustryBroadcasting, media
Headquarters
Colombes
,
France
ProductsTelevision and radio transmission systems, microwave links, head-ends, UHF television transmitters, medium-wave radio transmitters, passive components, cooling systems, local and remote network management systems
Number of employees
80 (approx)
Websitewww.thomson-broadcast.com

Thomson Broadcast is a French electronics manufacturer which designs, produces, deploys and services television and medium-wave radio transmission systems.

History[]

Thomson Broadcast is a legacy of the former Thomson Group, which first transmitted television programs on July 10, 1937 from the Eiffel Tower.[1] Thomson Group led to the creation of two companies in 1995: Thomson-CSF, specializing in defense and Thomson Multimedia (TMM), specializing in electronic consumer goods. Thomson Multimedia acquired the DVD manufacturer Technicolor and Grass Valley, a company focusing on cameras and video technology, in 2000 and 2001.[2] This reinforced a strategy to produce and sell professional equipment (instead of consumer goods) which was fully implemented in 2005, when Thomson acquired Thales Broadcast & Multimedia.[3]

From 2000 to 2008, Thomson/Thales Broadcast & Multimedia reinforced its position in transmission deployment. In 2000, Thales Multimedia Multimedia introduced two one-megawatt longwave transmitters in Roumoules, France, to broadcast Radio Monte Carlo from Great Britain to North Africa.[4] In 2008, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) gave a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for outstanding achievement in technical or engineering development in the "Monitoring for compliance standards for ATSC & DVB transport streams" category to Thomson, Pixelmetrix, Tektronix and Rohde & Schwarz.[5] That year, All India Radio ordered a one-megawatt S7HP medium-wave transmitter from Thomson.[6] In 2009, Thomson experienced serious financial difficulty.[7] The following year, Thomson Grass Valley announced the sale of its radio and television transmission activities to a German private equity firm[8] and was renamed Technicolor.

The Arelis Group acquired Thomson Broadcast's transmission portfolio, including its radio and television transmitter lines, in December 2012.[9] Based on the Arelis Group's manufacturing capability, Thomson Broadcast received a contract to deploy next stage transmission DTT (digital terrestrial television) transmitters to Israel.[10] By 2013, its asset turnover was said to have increased by 20 percent;[11] this growth led to a global increase of 440 percent from 2012 to 2015. The Cape Verde digital transition was achieved with a Thomson Broadcast transmission turnkey system in 2015,[12] and the company competed in other African projects against the Chinese media company StarTimes.[13] Proposing DTT system and medium-wave radio transmission systems around the world, Thomson Broadcast is involved in Digital Video Broadcasting and Digital Radio Mondiale.

In August 2018, Thomson Broadcast was acquired by , and is currently managed as part of the Technology Business Unit under the entity Phenixya.[14]

Products[]

Products manufactured by Thomson Broadcast include:

  • Radio and television transmission systems
  • Futhura high-power television transmitters
  • Nextivy medium-power television transmitters
  • Dreamline low-power television transmitters
  • S7HP medium-wave radio transmitters
  • RF passive components

References[]

  1. ^ "Les Français font la démonstration de Leur matériel haute définition fabriqué par Thomson ". 9 March 2011, http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/News/Online-Video-News/Technicolor-Sells-Off-Thomson-Video-Networks-74247.aspx
  2. ^ "Thomson, une histoire mouvementée de l’électricitée à l’image". 24 July 2009,https://www.lesechos.fr/24/07/2009/lesechos.fr/300365430_thomson---une-histoire-mouvementee--de-l-electricite-a-l-image.htm
  3. ^ "Thomson acquires Thales Broadcast Multimedia" 20 December 2005, http://www.tvtechnology.com/multiformat/0112/thomson-acquires-thales-broadcast-multimedia/252796
  4. ^ "Émetteur de Roumoules", https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89metteur_de_Roumoules
  5. ^ “Winners of 59th Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards” January 2008, http://emmyonline.com/tech_59th_recipients
  6. ^ "All Air Radio testing Ext Serv. Medium Wave Broadcasting", http://wikimapia.org/12272260/All-India-Radio-MW-SPT-Rajkot-AIR-WEST-FS-URDU-SINDHI-BALUCHI-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE-GENERAL-OVERSEA-SERVICE-ESD-DELHI
  7. ^ "L’avenir de Thomson est entre les mains de ses créanciers". 10 mars 2009, http://www.lemonde.fr/la-crise-financiere/article/2009/03/10/l-avenir-de-thomson-est-desormais-entre-les-mains-de-ses-creanciers_1165974_1101386.html
  8. ^ "Grass Valley sells system integration business to German private equity firm" 7 August 2012, http://blog.devoncroft.com/2012/08/07/more-broadcast-vendor-ma-grass-valley-sells-systems-integration-business-to-german-private-equity-firm/
  9. ^ "Le groupe Arelis reprend Thomson Broadcast” 20 December 2012, https://businessclubdefrance.com/2012/12/20/derniere-minute-le-groupe-arelis-reprend-thomson-broadcast/
  10. ^ “Thomson Broadcast wins Israël DTT contract" 16 July 2013, http://www.digitaltveurope.net/79332/thomson-broadcast-wins-israel-dtt-contract/
  11. ^ "Les excellents résultats 2013 de Thomson Broadcast (Groupe ARELIS)” January 2014, http://www.industrie-mag.com/article3098.html
  12. ^ “Cap Vert, Thomson Broadcast remporte le marché de la TNT” 02 April 2015, http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/cap-vert/la-france-et-le-cabo-verde/
  13. ^ «Télévision en Afrique, la bataille de la TNT fait rage” 29 Juillet 2015, http://www.jeuneafrique.com/mag/250260/economie/television-en-afrique-la-bataille-de-la-tnt-fait-rage/
  14. ^ Group Sipromad Takes Over Thomson Broadcast http://nextvnews.com/group-sipromad-takes-over-thomson-broadcast/

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