Thomson Broadcast

Thomson Broadcast
Private
Industry ICT - Broadcast and Media
Headquarters Colombes, France
Products Television 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)
Website http://www.thomson-broadcast.com/

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

History

Thomson Broadcast is one of the heritage of the former Thomson group that first transmitted television program on July 10, 1937, from the Eiffel Tower.[1] Thomson group led to the creation in 1995 of 2 different entities: Thomson-CSF specialized on the defense markets and Thomson Multimedia -TMM- initially specialized in electronic consumer goods. In 2000 and 2001 Thomson Multimedia acquired the DVD manufacturer Technicolor and Grass Valley that focused on cameras and video technologies.[2] This reinforced the strategy to produce and sell professional equipment instead of consumer goods, completely implemented in 2005. Thomson acquired the Thales Broadcast & Multimedia business unit and formed a strategic partnership with Thales Broadcast & Multimedia company Thales in 2005.[3]

Between 2000 and 2008 Thomson/Thales Broadcast & Multimedia reinforced its positions towards transmission deployments: in 2000, Thales Multimedia Multimedia launched its two 1 Megawatt long-wave Transmitter located in Roumoules, France, to cover Radio Monte Carlo Program on a wide area covering Great-Britain to North Africa.[4] In 2008 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 category “ Monitoring for compliance standards for ATSC & DVB transport streams “to Thomson, Pixelmetrix, Tektronix and Rohde& Schwarz.[5] Also in 2008, All Air India Radio ordered a 1 Megawatt S7HP medium-wave transmitter from Thomson with functioning with both analog and DRM signal.[6] In 2009, Thomson had to face extremely serious financial difficulties.[7] In 2010 Thomson Grass Valley announced the sales the radio and television transmission activities to Partner, a private equity Partner Capital Group.[8] At the same time, Thomson is renamed Technicolor.

In December 2012, Arelis group acquires Thomson Broadcast entire transmission business portfolio including radio and television transmitter products lines.[9] Based on the manufacturing capability of Arelis Group, Thomson Broadcast wins a new contract to deploy next stage transmission DTT transmitters to Israel.[10] In 2013 the turnover increased by 20%[11] and this growth led to a global increase between 2012 and 2015 by 440%. In 2015 Cabo Verde digital transition achieved with transmission turnkey system of Thomson Broadcast[12] and participate in other projects in Africa against the Chinese system integrator Startimes.[13] Proposing Digital Terrestrial Television system and medium-wave radio transmission systems around the world, Thomson Broadcast is involved in standards organizations; Digital Video Broadcasting and Digitale Radio Mondiale.

Products

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/
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