Overview

Technicolor Network Services provides global consultancy and managed services that facilitate the creation, acquisition, preparation, management and distribution of content for its customers. These include media companies, content owners, channel operators, retailers, banks and corporations around the world. Long-term relationships are tailored to the specific requirements of these organizations, which typically range from fully managed services to design consultancy and support for discreet services.

The company leverages its expertise, network centers and relationships with equipment and technology suppliers, and its access to Technicolor’s global services infrastructure to enable these customers to focus resources and investment on their core activities as they undergo the process of business transformation.

Partnering for Growth

Technicolor Network Services enables business transformation for companies that make use of video in their business activities through the design, development and operation of a comprehensive range of managed services to support content acquisition, preparation, management and distribution of video in multiple formats and to any platform.

Today, the company’s 17 facilities deliver more than 200 feeds around the world for blue-chip organizations such as ITV, Canal+, NBC Universal, M6, TV5 Monde, France 24, Disney and Netherlands Public Broadcasting.  In addition, the company manages 55 narrowcast networks spanning over 35,000 sites and 400,000 viewing locations for organizations such as FedEx, Kroger, Royal Bank of Canada, Volkswagen, Volvo and Wachovia.

Technicolor Network Services provides its customers with best-in-class technologies and is building a global presence to provide them the best possible support, regardless of location.

A Key Part of Thomson

Due to the growing importance of business transformation, Technicolor Network Services has been identified as a key strategic focus for Thomson. As such, it benefits from the global scale and media industry experience of Technicolor, coupled with the imaging and video technology expertise of Thomson. These benefits provide Technicolor Network Services with the additional flexibility it requires to tailor services to meet customers’ requirements.

The company leverages the post production, content preparation, and sound services expertise of its sister divisions including Technicolor Content Services, the second largest independent provider of post production services in the world operating from 18 facilities in seven countries. It also collaborates with Technical Theatrical Services to develop fully-integrated services to support the worldwide digital cinema roll-out.

Technicolor Network Services also makes use of the broadcast systems and equipment expertise of Thomson’s Grass Valley business and has access to Thomson’s network of research laboratories focused on new imaging and video technologies.