Thomson Broadcast

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Thomson Broadcast
Company 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)
Subsidiaries GatesAir
Website thomsonbroadcast.tv

Thomson Broadcast is a French company, now operating under Phenixya, that specializes in the deployment and servicing of television and medium-wave radio transmission systems.

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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. 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. [4] That year, All India Radio ordered a one-megawatt S7HP medium-wave transmitter from

Thomson. [5] In 2009, Thomson experienced serious financial difficulty. [6] Thomson announced that it is selling the Thomson Grass Valley equipment business to private investors led by PARTER Capital Group, a German private equity advisory firm. [7]

In 2010, Thomson was renamed Technicolor (now Vantiva SA), while retaining ownership of the Thomson associated brands, which it licenses through contractual agreements.

The Arelis Group took over Thomson Broadcast's activities through a new subsidiary, Arelis Broadcast. It also acquired a commercial license to use the Thomson Broadcast name. In December 2012, Arelis Group acquired Thomson Broadcast's transmission portfolio, including its radio and television transmitter lines. [8] Arelis Broadcast received a contract to deploy next stage transmission DTT (digital terrestrial television) transmitters to Israel. [9] By 2013, its asset turnover was said to have increased by 20 percent; [10] this growth led to a global increase of 440 percent from 2012 to 2015. The Cape Verde digital transition was achieved with a Arelis Broadcast transmission turnkey system in 2015, [11] and the company competed in other African projects against the Chinese media company StarTimes. [12] 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, following the judicial liquidation of Arelis Broadcast, Thales SIX GTS France acquired its military activities, including the Radio division. The business assets were purchased on August 1, 2018, for €1 million, along with the transfer of 28 employees' contracts. [13]

In August 2018, Groupe Sipromad, led by Ylias Akbaraly, acquired part of Arelis Broadcast, including its television and civil radio division, for €60,000. To manage these activities, Sipromad created Phenixya, which took over the operations of Thomson Broadcast. As part of this transition, Phenixya ensured the execution of ongoing contracts, including the TNT network deployment in Mali, initially won by Arelis Broadcast. [14]

In April 2022, Phenixya - Thomson Broadcast began the process of acquiring GatesAir. [15] The acquisition was closed in August 2022. [16]

Products

Products manufactured by Thomson Broadcast include:

References

  1. ↑ "Technicolor Sells Off Thomson Video Networks". Streaming Media Magazine. 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  2. ↑ "Thomson : une histoire mouvementée, de l'électricité à l'image". Les Echos (in French). 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  3. ↑ "Thomson acquires Thales Broadcast Multimedia" 20 December 2005, http://www.tvtechnology.com/multiformat/0112/thomson-acquires-thales-broadcast-multimedia/252796
  4. ↑ “Winners of 59th Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards” January 2008, http://emmyonline.com/tech_59th_recipients
  5. ↑ "All India Radio" MW SPT " Rajkot /AIR -WEST/FS/URDU SINDHI BALUCHI/विदेश सेवा/ GENERAL OVERSEA SERVICE ESD- DELHI". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  6. ↑ "L'avenir de Thomson est désormais entre les mains de ses créanciers". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  7. ↑ "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/
  8. ↑ Communication, Service (2013-01-07). "Le groupe ARELIS annonce la reprise de THOMSON BROADCAST -" (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-17.
  9. ↑ "Thomson Broadcast wins Israel DTT contract". Digital TV Europe. 2013-07-16. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  10. ↑ "Les excellents résultats 2013 de Thomson Broadcast (Groupe ARELIS) se finalisent avec un déploiement en Afrique". industrie-mag.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  11. ↑ étrangères, Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires. "Relations bilatérales". France Diplomatie - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  12. ↑ "Télévision : en Afrique, la bataille de la TNT fait rage – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  13. ↑ THALES SIX GTS FRANCE SAS- Rapport du commissaire aux comptes sur les comptes annuels - Exercice clos le 31 décembre 2018 https://regnskaber.cvrapi.dk/15126443/ZG9rdW1lbnRsYWdlcjovLzAzL2YyLzJlLzliL2ZkLzNiYjEtNDliMC05NWI5LWFkZjlmYTExNjllMg.pdf
  14. ↑ "Ylias Akbaraly (Sipromad) s'empare d'Arelis Broadcast pour une bouchée de pain : les dessous - Africa Business+". africabusinessplus.com (in French). 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
  15. ↑ "Thomson Broadcast to Acquire GatesAir". TV Technology. 2022-04-24.
  16. ↑ "Thomson Broadcast Closes Purchase Of GatesAir". TV Technology. 2022-08-04.
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