Technicolor (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TCH), formerly Thomson, has reached the milestone of delivering 100 million digital set-top boxes (STBs) over multi-networks since it entered the market in 1994. Technicolor’s success is largely thanks to the contracts it has won with major clients in a global marketplace.

In North America, Technicolor’s first digital satellite STB customer, DIRECTV, remains a loyal customer today. In Latin America, Technicolor provides set-top boxes to key players including DIRECTV Latin America and Sky Brazil and Sky Mexico, while in Europe, it has nurtured relationships with leading names including UPC Broadband and News Corp. affiliates such as BSkyB, as well as HOT, in the Middle East, and Astro of Malaysia and Tata Sky in the Asia-Pacific.

For many of its global customers, Technicolor has established long-term relationships and garnered repeat business thanks to its ongoing product evolution for all technology platforms, including digital cable, satellite television, terrestrial broadcasting and IPTV. Technicolor represents a long track of industry firsts. Among which it can claim are the first hybrid DVB-S/DVB-T receiver (allowing a consumer to watch both conventional terrestrial television and satellite broadcasting through the same STB); the first MPEG-4 high definition personal video recorder (PVR: STB with integrated digital recording capabilities); the first HD PVR for the 2G DVB-S2 satellite broadcast standard, and the first HD MPEG-4 STB with triple play and PVR.