Vantiva

Vantiva SA, formerly known as Thomson (1982–2010) and Technicolor (2010–2022), is a French multinational corporation that provides technology products and services for the communication, media and entertainment industries. Headquartered in Paris, Vantiva also maintains offices in Rennes (France), Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Chennai (India), Edegem (Belgium), Norcross (U.S), and Manaus (Brazil). The company originated in the American Thomson-Houston Electric Company as its French subsidiary, the predecessor to General Electric. The French Thomson-Houston specialized in electricity production and distribution equipment; it had a 50-year cooperative and patent collaboration with General Electric which had ended in 1953. By the early 1960s it had grown into a large conglomerate producing various things including telecom equipment, televisions, electric light bulbs and anti-aircraft missiles, albeit still outranked in Europe by Philips and Siemens. In 1966, Thomson merged with Hotchkiss-Brandt, and their electronics branches involved in aerospace, broadcasting and military supplies for the government, merged with the state's blessing to create the Thomson-CSF joint venture. Thomson-Brandt and its subsidiary Thomson-CSF were nationalized by the Mauroy government in 1982 grouped together under Thomson SA. In 1987, Thomson purchased the consumer electronics business of General Electric which included the RCA brand, and with other acquisitions rapidly expanded to become the world's fourth largest consumer electronics maker (after Matsushita, Sony and Philips) with its RCA sets and Thomson sets among the best-selling televisions in America and Europe respectively.. Partnering with Hughes Electronics, Thomson Comsumer Electronics, in 1994, became the pioneer in mass distribution of digital video programming in the US (and LATAM) with the creation of the DSS satellite business. The engineering innovations of the Indianapolis teams resulted in a licensed patent portfolio that was the mainstay of the company for more than two decades. This Intellectual Property portfilio was eventually acquired by Interdigital Corporation in July 2018....