2. Standards & Interop in ICT ETP’s Panel 1: The food Chain R&D->Standards->Products & Services-Timing and course of R&D output
Sophia-Antipolis, October 23-24th 2006
By Jean-Michel DUPONT, Thomson

3. Thomson: Images & Beyond
Thomson is a world leader in digital video technologies. Serving the global Media & Entertainment industries, the Group is organized in three divisions – Services, Systems and Technology.
Core Business revenues 2005
employees in 2006
To broaden offering to our M&E clients, we are leveraging our partnerships to expand geographically in Asia.
This ambition means a lot to me. Indeed, I have spent more than 10 years working in Asia for Thomson, more particularly in manufacturing management in Thailand, Singapore and China. Recently, in my previous responsibilities, we closed the deal of the Tubes with an Indian player. I am still very involved in Asia, I am a member of the Board of TCL-multimedia. All this together means that Asia and I, it’s a long story and this is with great passion that I am eager to develop our customer offering in Asia thru new opportunities.
Let’s have a look at our major achievements this year in China and India:
Broadcast China
Strong of 2 “best of show” products awards for both its new Grass Valley K2 media server and Kayak HD line of digital production during the Beijing BIRTV Broadcast show in China last August, Thomson received orders from numerous Chinese TV Channels, reinforcing thereby Thomson’s digital strategy towards Chinese broadcasters for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Operating Networks China
Thomson received a series of supply and cooperation agreements with cable TV operators in China last August. Thomson will supply digital cable set-top boxes to 3 cable TV operators in China who serve almost 3 million subscribers.
A strong footprint in India
Thomson signed a strategic agreement with VSNL India (Tata Group) in July 2005 to manage and deliver content to third parties such as broadcasters, network operators and offer end-to-end solutions for digital cinema. India is one of the biggest cinema industry in the world and thereby represents a huge growth area for Thomson.
Data on GV products:
Kayak HD Digital Vision Mixer:
Vision mixers, or switchers, are the control center of a video production, mixing images and graphics to produce the final product. The Kayak HD vision mixer is a state-of-the-art system for high-definition productions. Designed for live production/small corporate studios and editing applications
K2 Media Server/Media Client System:
The K2 system is a specialized solution that stores digital video and can move it among multiple users via standard computer networks. Launched in August Integrates advanced video compression, storage technology with high-reliability, high-performance IT technologies

4. Three Client Categories
Content Creators
Content Distributors
Users of Thomson Technologies IT
Electronics
Telecoms

5. NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA Genuinely multicultural
Thomson Worldwide
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EUROPE
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APAC
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Genuinely multicultural

6. Thomson’s Divisions

7. Services Division Theatrical Services Content Services
Home Entertainment Services
Network Services

8. Professional products and video network head-ends
Systems Division
Professional products and video network head-ends
Network Access products - Set-top boxes
Triple-play solutions
Home networking
World leader in access gateways

9. Technology Division A unique portfolio of 50,000 patents
8 research labs
Security & Software
Silicon solutions

10. Innovation valorisation chain
All 3 Businesses value Technology with different speed :
SERVICES SOLUTIONS with immediate implementation and utilisation for best interest of our customers
Interoperability is most of time used
SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS providing systems and products to market at right time
One model of dissemination is standardisation but this is not the only one.
Standard “de facto” is existing and answering fast need of market.
TECHNOLOGY long term visibility, development and valorisation patent portfolio.
Standard is must but again not only one way.

11. European Technology Platform
THOMSON leadership in:
Move to NEM as convergence of Networks and Medias is core issue for IST industry.
European platform is place where main stakeholders agreed on next years Research challenges in ICT.
NEM should help speed up standardization and interoperability processes
NEM should help defining priorities between Interoperability, Forums, Standardisations
NEM should coordinate actions for European test bed and integration platforms
NEM could help in promoting new standards