Grass Valley, previously known as Grass Valley Group, is a subsidiary company of the French company Thomson. Grass Valley produces technology for the broadcast and film markets, from acquisition through production, postproduction, and transmission. On January 29th 2009, Thomson announced its intention to sell the Grass Valley business unit.
Grass Valley was founded as a tiny R&D; company in 1959 by Dr. Donald Hare in the small town of Grass Valle...
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Grass Valley, previously known as Grass Valley Group, is a subsidiary company of the French company Thomson. Grass Valley produces technology for the broadcast and film markets, from acquisition through production, postproduction, and transmission. On January 29th 2009, Thomson announced its intention to sell the Grass Valley business unit.
Grass Valley was founded as a tiny R&D; company in 1959 by Dr. Donald Hare in the small town of Grass Valley, California, in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada range. Hare chose Grass Valley after learning about it from his friend, Charles Litton Sr.. In 1964, Grass Valley demonstrated its first video product, a video distribution amplifier, in a hotel room at the National Association of Broadcasters convention. By 1968, the Grass Valley Group had introduced its first vision mixer, the flagship product that helped build the company’s reputation.
The company merged with Tektronix in 1974, and was very successful for the next fifteen years....
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