THOMSON Financials

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[$$] Paramount, Thomson Rework DVD Pact

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Photo: WePOWER Appoints Two Seasoned Executives as Board Members

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- WePOWER LLC, a leading global manufacturer and developer of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT) and renewable energy systems today announced the appointment of Bobby Grisham and Tim Sarnoff to its Board of Directors. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www2.prnewswire.com/mnr/wepower/40302/Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090930/NY84220 )"The expansion of WePOWER's Board of Directors comes at a perfect time to help support and guide the extraordinary growth we're currently experiencing. We're proud to include Bobby and Tim and will clearly benefit by their proven experience and stellar reputations," said Marvin Winkler, chairman and chief executive officer at WePOWER.Bobby Grisham served at EDS, a Hewlett-Packard company, from 1978-2009 with career highlights including: chief sales officer, led the successful renegotiation of the US Navy Marine corps Intranet contract, President of US Southwest Operations Solutions, assumed responsibility for all EDS banking and securities business, President of US Information Solutions, managed all IT operations for six General Motors Electrical Component Divisions and was President of the Large Financial Institutions Strategic Business Unit. Mr. Grisham is an active member of the Tartan Board of the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas and served as Tartan Board cha...
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Industry Aligns to Fund Film 3D Rollout to Exhibitors

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE: TMS - News), through its Technicolor Business Group, has aligned with entertainment industry leaders Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Eastman Kodak Company, and Fujifilm to provide financial assistance to exhibitors seeking an immediate 3D solution. The Silver Screen Fund defers costs associated with the purchase and installation of silver screens by providing financial assistance to exhibitors who deploy the Technicolor 3D solution. The fund will be managed by Technicolor, which last week announced broad studio support for the Technicolor 3D solution. The Silver Screen Fund will finance up to 500 silver screens to be installed at theatres in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Funding is available immediately for qualified exhibitors. When exhibitors complete the terms of the Silver Screen Fund agreement, they will own the silver screen, a necessary component for future digital 3D projection.“Technicolor is committed to delivering high-quality, affordable 3D solutions, and the creation of the Silver Screen Fund accelerates our promise to our exhibition partners by helping them defer upfront costs associated with the purchase and installation of silver screens,” said Lanny Raimondo, head of Technicolor. “Thanks to overwhelming studio and industry support, we expect to sign up these first 500 scre...
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Strong Industry Support Accelerates Technicolor 3D Rollout

HOLLYWOOD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS), through its Technicolor Business Group, today announced support from multiple major motion picture studios for the release of theatrical content presented in Technicolor 3D, a high-quality 3D solution that works with existing 35mm projectors that was announced last month. DreamWorks Animation, Lionsgate, Paramount, Overture, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., and The Weinstein Company are working with the company to deliver content for presentation in Technicolor 3D. How to Train Your Dragon, Piranha 3D, Shrek Forever After, Despicable Me, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Friday the 13th: Part 2; Guardians of Ga’Hoole, Alpha and Omega, Burst, Oobermind, Yogi Bear.Additionally, Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. has agreed to enter into a marketing and technology arrangement with Technicolor and will provide their customers with the necessary post production and film printing services to deliver Technicolor’s 3D solution. Kodak and FUJIFILM have also announced support of the Technicolor 3D solution and will be working with Technicolor and Deluxe to ensure their film stocks are delivering the highest quality possible for the Technicolor 3D experience.“The Technicolor 3D rollout substantially increases the 3D theatrical footprint, delivering to studios a larger platform for reaching masses of moviegoers – and thereby increasing the box office for distributors and exhibitors,” said Frederic Rose, Chairman and CEO of Thomson/Technicolor. “Technicolor is thrilled to extend our partnerships with these top studios and other key industry players to ad...
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Thomson Partners with SIMtone to Provide Operators with Seamless Mobile Home Computing and Entertainment Solutions

PARIS & DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS), a worldwide leader of services to content creators, and SIMtone Corporation, a privately held company delivering the first Universal Computing platform, today announced a partnership to deliver Home-mobility Computing and Entertainment products and services for consumers. Thomson is undertaking development of solutions that use SIMtone’s Universal Cloud Computing Platform to offer operators and service providers with a broad range of plug-and-play home-mobility computing, TV and entertainment integrated solutions.SIMtone’s technology will enable consumers to acquire and/or use content and applications of all types, including personal ones, anywhere inside or outside the home, via any network and with a single user ID. They will access their digital content and services seamlessly from many different appliances already in their possession, such as a desktop or laptop computer, mobile phone, and televisions as well as from new low-cost “third-screen” devices that plug and play in a home WiFi network or an HSPA mobile broadband network, and can be placed anywhere in the home or carried-along.“Broadband-connected consumers are increasingly demanding flexibility and simplicity to access their digital content and entertainment services from anywhere on-the-fly and on-demand,” explained Vince Pizzica, Head of Strategy & Technology, Thomson. “With SIMtone, we can enable operators and content providers to offer an almost unlimited set of differentiated content services, that are accessible everywhere, both inside and outside the home and from all types of devices.”�...
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RVU Alliance Welcomes its First Promoter Members

BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The RVU Alliance announced today that Motorola, Inc., Humax, Thomson, Pace plc, Entropic Communications, Inc., NXP Semiconductors and JetHead Development, Inc. have joined as the first Promoter members. “The newly formed RVU Alliance is capturing the interest of a wide range of companies representing content service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers and technology firms,” said Henry Derovanessian, chairman of the RVU Alliance board of directors. “We welcome other companies to look into the RVU technology and see what it can do for them.”Motorola’s Home & Networks Mobility business designs, manufactures, sells, installs, and services digital and Internet Protocol (IP) video and broadcast network interactive set-top boxes, end-to-end video delivery systems, broadband access infrastructure platforms, and associated data and voice customer premise equipment to cable television and telecom service providers.Humax made its successful entry into the digital set-top box market in 1997, and has been a major OEM supplier worldwide. Now, Humax is a recognized world leader in the category, exporting advanced set-top boxes to over 90 countries. With this experience as its foundation, Humax is entering into the Convergence consumer electronics market with digital TV and home media server products. "As today's home digital products continue to blur the lines with IT-related technologies, we are rapidly entering the era of Convergence consumer electronics,” said Dr. Jong-Uk Kim, CTO at Humax. “This transition provides Humax with new and exciting opportunities. For Humax, our participation and leadership in the inevi...
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