much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . may 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message thomson video networks type private industry ict broadcast and media headquarters rennes france products video encoding and transcoding contribution codec video streaming stream processing video servers qos & network management system number of employees 400 approx website www.thomson networks.com thomson video networks is a technology broadcast company that provides video compression transcoding and processing solutions for media companies video service providers and tv broadcasters . the firm has offices in 16 countries and headquarters in rennes france . contents 1 history 2 products 3 competitors 4 references 5 external links history edit the company has been established in the video delivery domain since the late 1980s when the motion picture experts group mpeg was created with the purpose of deriving a standard for the coding of moving pictures and audio . as a video headend division of the french electronics thomson group now known as technicolor sa the company developed and manufactured mpeg 2 and mpeg 4 avc video encoding and networking equipment based on advanced compression algorithms . since 2011 the division has become an independent private held company with a financial structure backed by the public private venture capital fcde . 1 2 its products include high definition hd standard definition sd broadcast and multi screen video encoding decoding transcoding multiplexing redundancy and network management as well as video stream server for contribution terrestrial satellite cable iptv and ott services . the firm participates in the development and definition of the high efficiency video coding hevc compression standard . 3 the hevc standard aims at obtaining a bit rate reduction of up to 50 percent compared to the current h. 264 compression format and paves the way for broadcasting in the ultra high definition television ultra hd picture format . 4 the firm is a member of broadcasting associations such as atsc mpeg dash industry forum dvb iabm mpeg oma scte smpte as well as a founding member of the french research institute b com . 5 as of march 2016 thomson video networks has been acquired by harmonic inc. . 6 products edit vibe em series of hd sd mpeg 2 mpeg 4 avc broadcast encoder vibe vs7000 multi screen & hevc encoder & transcoder vibe cp6000 contribution encoder & decoder netprocessor video processing & multiplexing platform sapphire channel in a box mpeg stream server amethyst ip asi redundancy switch xms network management system competitors edit thomson video networks competitors include vertically integrated system suppliers such as cisco systems ericsson and harmonic inc. and in certain product lines a number of smaller companies including ateme envivio and elemental . references edit technicolor sells off thomson video networks . 9 march 2011 . fcde to acquire thomson video networks . 9 march 2011 . thomson video networks unveils hevc support for vibe vs7000 . 26 august 2013 . thomson video networks touts hevc ultra hd trial . 6 september 2013 . thomson video networks une eti chez b com . march 2013 . harmonic completes acquisition of thomson video networks . march 2016 . external links edit www.thomson networks.com official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title thomson video networks & oldid 707896245 categories technology companies of francemedia companies of francenetworking hardware companiesbroadcast engineeringprivately held companies of francemultinational companies headquartered in francetechnology companies established in 2011technicolor sacompanies based in brittanyrenneshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from may 2014all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 march 2016 at 12 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view