Thomson-Broadcast

PARIS — Sept. 10, 2010 —  Arqiva, the communications infrastructure and media services company, has selected Thomson Broadcast (formerly the transmission division of Grass Valley) for the high-power sites of its new DVB-T2 network for terrestrial high-definition services in the United Kingdom.

Thomson Broadcast is deploying, from 2010 to 2012, 16 high-power DCX Paragon MSDC-IOT transmitters with an output power up to 20 kW. The first on-air installation is set for later this year. As a long-time supplier to Arqiva, Thomson Broadcast is also upgrading the four already installed DVB-T DCX Paragon transmitters with new high-performance DVB-T2 Sirius exciters. The new generation of solid-state Elite GreenPower transmitters is also equipped with the Sirius open-platform exciter, which features real-time Digital Adaptive Pre-correction (DAP) for excellent stability and signal quality — regardless of variations in typical environmental conditions.

"With its open-exciter platform already compliant with all standards including DVB-T, 

DVB-H, ATSC, ATSC Mobile DTV, FLO, and DAB, Thomson has again set the pace of innovation in the marketplace by supporting the DVB-T2 standard so as to meet any customer digital roll out requirements," said Nicolas Dallery, president of Thomson Broadcast. "In addition, as the only supplier in the broadcast industry to provide equipment from image capture through RF transmission, Thomson has leveraged years of experience and a broad product portfolio to develop a DVB-T2 network that includes the Thomson ViBE EM3000 MPEG-4 HD encoders and solid-state or tube DVB-T2 transmitters."

About Thomson Broadcast

Since the earliest years of broadcasting, the Thomson name has been synonymous with expertise and innovation at the highest level. A trusted partner to the world’s leading broadcasters, Thomson has pioneered many developments that have shaped the industry, leading innovation in solid-state technology, Digital Adaptive Precorrection (DAP), Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM), and Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB); winning multiple Emmy® Awards; and gaining more than 50 patents in technologies that have become fundamental to broadcasting. Thomson Broadcast is building on this great heritage with a market-leading portfolio of transmission products for terrestrial television, radio broadcasting, and scientific applications, combined with world-class systems integration services. With more than 50,000 active Thomson transmission systems deployed worldwide and a global support presence, Thomson Broadcast continues to forge technologies for the future, with initiatives such as the innovative GreenPower and broadcast/mobile convergence programs. Thomson Broadcast is on the Web at www.thomson-broadcast.com.

About Technicolor

Technicolor is a company listed on NYSE Euronext Paris and NYSE stock exchanges, and this press release may contain certain statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors beyond Technicolor’s control that could cause actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed, forecasted, or implied by such forward-looking statements due to changes in global economic and business conditions, risks related to its debt restructuring, and risks related to its operations in general. A more complete list and description of such risks and uncertainties can be found by referring to Technicolor’s Form 20-F (formerly Thomson) and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Technicolor’s Rapport Annuel and other filings with the French Autorité des marchés financiers.  

For information about products from Thomson Broadcast, please visit www.thomson-broadcast.com. 

Agency Contact:

Marguerite Clark

Wall Street Communications

Tel: +33 1 45 25 36 91

E-mail: marguerite@wallstcom.com

Thomson Broadcast Contact:

Jean-Charles Daninos

Corporate Communications Director

Tel: +33 1 34 90 30 11

E-mail: jean-charles.daninos@thomson-broadcast.com