Technicolor Expands Scope of Microsoft Business.Business Editors CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2003 Added Xbox Game Disc Manufacturing, New Distribution Services demonstrate Thomson's commitment to expand its Content & Networks division Building on its successful multi-year relationship with Microsoft, Thomson (Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. :18453)(NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TMS TMS Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (alternative medicine for depression) TMS Test Match Special (sports - cricket) TMS Texas Motor Speedway TMS Transportation Management System TMS Toyota Motor Sales ) today announced two manufacturing and distribution-related initiatives in the company's Content and Networks division that will increase the scope and volume of Technicolor's business with the world's largest software firm. -- Thomson's Technicolor service becomes the exclusive distribution partner for all of Microsoft's retail-direct and channel accounts for Fully Packaged Product and Hardware in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. - adding approximately 20 million additional units per year of Microsoft products. -- The Technicolor optical manufacturing facility in Luxembourg has been named a Microsoft Authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Xbox Replicator See port replicator. replicator - Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or for third-party Xbox products in Europe, a designation that will increase Technicolor's total European Xbox capacity by 70 percent. The new business opportunities are part of Thomson's strategy to expand its service business with major Content and Networks customers, with enhanced distribution and Xbox Game disc manufacturing commitments made to support Microsoft's business: "This significant expansion of our partnership with Microsoft underscores Thomson's dedication to, and ongoing support of content owners and network operators globally," said Lanny Raimondo, SEVP SEVP Senior Executive Vice-President SEVP Student and Exchange Visitor Program (formerly CIPRIS) SEVP Scandinavian Erotic Video Productions SEVP Savanna Elephant Vocalization Project Digital Media Solutions at Thomson. "We are thrilled to be expanding and enhancing our long-standing relationship with Microsoft and to support their initiatives in supply chain." Newly Expanded Distribution Role The most significant initiative comes as Technicolor is chosen as the exclusive distribution partner for all of Microsoft's retail-direct and channel accounts for Fully Packaged Products and hardware in North America. Fully Packaged Products refers to all products sold through retail that carry the Microsoft brand, including but not limited to packaged software See software package. for operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , applications, upgrades and PC games. The hardware products include keyboards, mice, joysticks, wheels and other peripheral PC equipment. Distribution services started in 1998, when Technicolor began distributing Microsoft's Fully Packaged Products as a supplemental partner to Microsoft's existing distribution network. In 2003, as an exclusive partner, Thomson will support 100% of Microsoft's Fully Packaged Products distribution needs in North America, including fulfillment and logistics support for approximately 20 million additional units per year of Microsoft products. Newly Expanded 3rd-Party Xbox Role In a related initiative, Technicolor's optical manufacturing facility in Luxembourg has been named a Microsoft Authorized Xbox Replicator for the manufacturing, packaging and distribution of third-party Xbox software in Europe. This facility is the second Technicolor plant that Microsoft has selected as an Authorized Replicator in Europe -- the plant in Cwmbran, Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. was authorized in March 2002. This designation enables Technicolor's European operations to service Microsoft-licensed Xbox developers from two European plants -- both strategically located to serve all European countries and markets. Since 2002, the Wales facility has manufactured more than 7 million third-party Xbox units. The addition of the Luxembourg facility as an Authorized Xbox Replicator is expected to increase Technicolor's total European Xbox capacity by 70 percent. The Luxembourg plant will begin manufacturing Xbox orders in August 2003. About Thomson With sales of 10.2 billion Euros (U.S. $ 9.6 billion) in 2002, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) provides a wide range of video (and enabling) technologies, systems, finished products and services to consumers and professionals in the entertainment and media industries. To advance and enable the digital media transition, Thomson has four principal divisions: Content and Networks, Consumer Products, Components, and Licensing. The company distributes its products under the Technicolor, Grass Valley, THOMSON and RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. brand names. For more information: http://www.thomson.net/ |
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