Since bringing color to motion pictures 90 years ago, Technicolor has evolved into a global and diversified corporation that is now considered the preeminent worldwide provider of services to the media and entertainment industries. Headquartered in Burbank, California, Technicolor is part of the Services division of Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS). In addition to being the world’s most prolific processor of motion picture film, Technicolor is also the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of pre-recorded videocassettes, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, and CD-ROM. On an annualized basis, Technicolor has the ability to process five billion feet of motion picture release prints, and the capacity to produce in excess of 1.8 billion DVDs and 43 million CDs. The company is also a leading developer and supplier of comprehensive, end-to-end digital cinema distribution technology and services, and channel origination and broadcast playout services. Over its nine decades of operation, Technicolor has continued to pioneer the most advanced methods of delivering visual entertainment to millions of people through film, digital cinema, video, and optical technologies.
Today, Technicolor serves an international base of entertainment, software, game manufacturing, independent rights holders, and corporate customers across its four strategic business units. The company’s operations are managed from domestic facilities in California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Tennessee, as well as a vast network of locations around the world, including Australia, Canada, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, and the United Kingdom.
The company’s major Hollywood studio clients include DreamWorks SKG, New Line Cinema, Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment Universal, Twentieth Century Fox, The Walt Disney Company, and Warner Bros. Pictures, to name just a few. Technicolor’s software publishing customers include Activision, Atari, Electronic Arts, Intuit, Microsoft, THQ, and Vivendi Universal Games. |
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