multinational corporation . for the film processing trademark of the same name see technicolor . technicolor sarl formerly called thomson sarl 1893 1914 thomson multimedia 1910 2010 type soci t anonyme traded as euronext tch otcqx tclry industry creative industries conglomerate founded 1893 ; 123 years ago 1893 headquarters issy les moulineaux france key people frederic rose ceo didier lombard chairman revenue 3.449 billion 2013 net income 92 million 2013 number of employees 14 639 2012 website www.technicolor.com technicolor sa formerly thomson inc and thomson multimedia is a french multinational corporation that provides services and products for the communication media and entertainment industries . technicolor s headquarters are located in issy les moulineaux france . 1 other main office locations include rennes france los angeles california usa edegem belgium london england uk bangalore india and indianapolis indiana usa . on january 27 2010 the company changed its name to technicolor sa re branding the entire company after its american film technology subsidiary . 2 thomson s us subsidiary became technicolor usa inc. 1 contents 1 history 1.1 business changes 2 references 3 external links history edit technicolor began as thomson named after the electrical engineer elihu thomson who was born in manchester england on march 26 1853 . thomson moved to philadelphia usa at the age of 5 with his family . thomson formed the thomson houston electric company in 1879 with edwin houston . the company merged with the edison general electric company to become the general electric company in 1892 . in 1893 the compagnie fran aise thomson houston cfth was formed in paris a sister company to ge in the united states . it was from this company that the modern thomson group would evolve . in 1966 cfth merged with hotchkiss brandt to form thomson houston hotchkiss brandt soon renamed thomson brandt . in 1968 the electronics business of thomson brandt merged with compagnie g n rale de t l graphie sans fil csf to form thomson csf . thomson brandt maintained a significant shareholding in this company approximately 40 % . business changes edit in 1982 both thomson brandt and thomson csf saw nationalization due to the efforts of fran ois mitterrand . thomson brandt was subsequently renamed thomson sa soci t anonyme and soon thereafter merged with thomson csf . ge then sold the rights to make rca proscan and ge branded televisions and other consumer electronics products in 1988 to thomson consumer electronics in exchange for some of thomson s medical businesses . in 1988 thomson consumer electronics was formed and then renamed thomson sa . in 1995 the french government split the consumer electronics from the defense businesses of thomson multimedia and thomson csf prior to privatization in 1999 . the company then went through a series of transactions including with marconi plc before becoming thales in 2000 . in 2005 thomson bought cirpack and inventel . 3 in 2004 thomson set up a joint venture tte with china s tcl giving to tcl all manufacturing of rca and thomson television and dvd products and making tcl the global leader in tv manufacturing thomson still controlled the brands themselves and licensed them to tte . at the time tcl was hailed as the first chinese company to compete on the international stage with large international corporations . thomson initially retained all marketing of tte s products but transferred that to tte in 2005 . in june 2005 the videocon group of india announced that it would acquire the color picture tube manufacturing business from thomson sa for 240 million . in early 2010 thomson sold tv brand rca to on corporation . in december 2007 thomson sa agreed to sell off its audio video and accessories businesses the rca and thomson brands except communications products such as cordless phones to audiovox . on october 2007 thomson sa agreed to sell its consumer electronics audio video business outside europe including the worldwide rights to the rca brand . in 2000 thomson multimedia purchased technicolor from carlton television owned by carlton communications in the u.k. and began a move into the broadcast management facilities and services market with the purchase of corinthian television becoming thomson multimedia until 2002 and acquiring the grass valley group . thomson then purchased the moving picture company from itv and the internet startup singingfish but then sold it to aol in late 2004 . in 2004 thomson increased its stake in the bangalore india based company celstream technologies which specializes in product engineering . cirpack a softswitch manufacturer was incorporated and acquired in april 2005 . in july 2005 thomson agreed to purchase prn corporation for 285 million . in december 2005 thomson re purchased the broadcast & multimedia part of thales group . in september 2005 thomson first showed its infinity camcorder . at the april 2006 launch this was described as a new line of it based acquisition recording and storage devices . 4 it was designed to end the stranglehold of proprietary products in this market and was inspired by grass valley s then vp of marketing jeff rosica s trip to fry s electronics in burbank to buy a computer backup device . 5 however on january 29 2009 thomson announced its intention to sell the prn and grass valley businesses to focus on services business and improve its financial position . 6 this was one of the consequences of an enormous financial crisis in 2009 which forced the company to a total financial restructuring to avoid bankruptcy . 7 from 2010 to february 2011 technicolor having rebranded itself divested these sub businesses grass valley and broadcast to the francisco partners in july and december 8 along with the transmission business to parter capital group ; head end to the fcde fonds de consolidation et de d veloppement des entreprises and reintegration of prn . 9 on june 20 2012 vector capital won a competitive bid for a minority stake in technicolor 10 beating jp morgan with a surprise last minute bid . 11 with the investment of 167 191 million vector capital will retain a minority stake in technicolor of up to 29.94 % . 12 following the deal on june 21 2012 technicolor named remy sautter as chairman of the board and appointed two vector capital representatives to the board alexander slusky and david fishman . 13 on july 3 2012 the technicolor broadcast services division was acquired by ericsson 1 . on june 10 2014 technicolor announced the acquisition of toronto s leader vfx studio mr. x inc. on february 25 2015 technicolor acquired the french independent animation producer ouido productions . on july 23 of the same year cisco systems announced the sale of its television set top box and cable modem business to technicolor for 600 million part of a division originally formed by cisco s 6.9 billion purchase of scientific atlanta . 14 15 the deal was closed on november 20 same year . 16 on september 15 2015 technicolor acquired london based visual effects leader in advertising the mill for 259 million . references edit a b about technicolor . cohen david s. january 26 2010 . technicolor reinventing itself . variety . thomson acquires cirpack the european leader in softswitch solutions . april 21 2005 . david tam s. nab 2006 camera wrap up . creativeplanetnetwork . a conversation with john naylor . kino eye . april 28 2006 . thomson to sell grass valley . tvtechnology.com . january 29 2009 . retrieved 2009 01 29 . technicolor company profile . hoovers . pe firm makes binding offer for grass valley . tvtechnology.com . 27 july 2010 . retrieved 2010 08 03 . technicolor sells head end business to fcde keeps prn . 24 feb 2011 . david benoit 25 jul 2012 . vector capital beats j.p. morgan in technicolor wildness . wall st. journal . vector capital wins technicolor deal . wall st. journal . 20 jun 2012 . technicolor s general shareholders meeting approves the capital increases proposed by vector capital . 20 jun 2012 . georg szalai 21 jun 2012 . france s technicolor gets new chairman seals deal to sell stake to us firm . hollywood reporter . technicolor to buy cisco s set top box unit for about 600 million . the wall street journal . july 22 2015 . retrieved 25 july 2015 . technicolor to acquire cisco connected devices division for 550m in stock and cash . 23 july 2015 . retrieved 11 january 2016 . technicolor completes acquisition of cisco connected devices division . 20 november 2015 . retrieved 11 january 2016 . external links edit companies portal official website company data thomson company profile yahoo finance article le modem cable voip thomson thg520 sur developpez.com french thomson electronics thomson telephony v t e cac mid 60 companies of france june 2012 a roports de paris air france klm alten altran technologies aperam areva atos bic biom rieux bollor bourbon bull cfao ciments fran ais club m diterran e cnp assurances derichebourg 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