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Thorn EMI

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Thorn EMI was a major British company involved in consumer electronics, music, defence and retail. [1]

64 relations: Appliances Online, Associated British Corporation, Associated British Picture Corporation, Associated-Rediffusion, Bad Boys (1983 film), Big Brown Box, Billboard (magazine), British Aerospace, Carlton Communications, Chrysalis Records, Consumer electronics, De'Longhi, EMI, EMI Films, Ferguson Electronics, First Blood, Frances (film), FTSE 100 Index, Gosport, HBO, Home computer, Independent Broadcasting Authority, Initial public offering, Inmos, ITV (TV network), JVC, Kenwood Limited, List of mergers and acquisitions by IBM, London Stock Exchange, Management buyout, Micronet 800, Military, Mutant Herd, New Line Cinema, Nomura Securities, Orion Pictures, Philips, Racal, Radio, Radio Rentals, Richard Branson, River Rescue, Rumbelows, Seven Dials, London, Shareholder, Soho, Telefunken, Television, Terra Firma Capital Partners, Thales Group, ..., Thales Optronics, Thames Television, The ADT Corporation, The Cannon Group, Inc., The Evil Dead, The Terminator, Thomson-CSF, Thorn Electrical Industries, Thorn EMI Computer Software, Universal Pictures, Video game, Virgin Records, Winning Appliances, Xtro. Expand index (14 more) »

Appliances Online

Appliances Online is an Australian online retailer of white goods and home appliances based in Sydney, Australia.

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Associated British Corporation

The Associated British Corporation (otherwise known as ABC Television) was one of a number of commercial television companies established in the United Kingdom during the 1950s by cinema chain companies, in an attempt to safeguard their business by becoming involved with television, which was taking away their cinema audiences.

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Associated British Picture Corporation

Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI.

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Associated-Rediffusion

Associated-Rediffusion, later Rediffusion, London, was the British ITV contractor for London and parts of the surrounding counties, on weekdays between 1954 and 29 July 1968.

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Bad Boys (1983 film)

Bad Boys is a 1983 American coming-of-age crime drama film set in a juvenile detention center, starring Sean Penn, Esai Morales, and Clancy Brown, Alan Ruck and Ally Sheedy in their film debuts.

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Big Brown Box

Big Brown Box is an online retailer of audio visual products, based in Sydney, Australia.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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British Aerospace

British Aerospace plc (BAe) was a British aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer.

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Carlton Communications

Carlton was a British media company.

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Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records is a British record label that was created in 1968.

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Consumer electronics

Consumer electronics or home electronics are electronic (analog or digital) equipments intended for everyday use, typically in private homes.

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De'Longhi

De'Longhi S.p.A is an Italian small appliance manufacturer based in Treviso, Italy.

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EMI

EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries and also referred to as EMI Records Ltd.) was a British multinational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.

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EMI Films

EMI Films was a British film studio and distributor.

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Ferguson Electronics

Ferguson Electronics (formerly known as Ferguson Radio Corporation) is an electronics company specializing in small electronics items such as radios and set top boxes.

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First Blood

First Blood is a 1982 American action film directed by Ted Kotcheff.

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Frances (film)

Frances is a 1982 American biographical film starring Jessica Lange as actress Frances Farmer.

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FTSE 100 Index

The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, also called the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 100, FTSE, or, informally, the "Footsie", is a share index of the 100 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange with the highest market capitalisation.

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Gosport

Gosport is a town in Hampshire on the south coast of England.

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HBO

Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium cable and satellite television network of Home Box Office, Inc..

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Home computer

Home computers were a class of microcomputers entering the market in 1977, and becoming common during the 1980s.

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Independent Broadcasting Authority

The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was the regulatory body in the United Kingdom for commercial television (ITV and Channel 4 and limited satellite television regulation – cable television was the responsibility of the Cable Authority) – and commercial and independent radio broadcasts.

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Initial public offering

Initial public offering (IPO) or stock market launch is a type of public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also retail (individual) investors; an IPO is underwritten by one or more investment banks, who also arrange for the shares to be listed on one or more stock exchanges.

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Inmos

Inmos International plc (Trademark INMOS) and two operating subsidiaries, Inmos Limited (UK) and Inmos Corporation (US), was a British semiconductor company founded by Iann Barron, Richard Petritz, and Paul Schroeder in July 1978.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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JVC

,, usually referred to as JVC or The Japan Victor Company, is a Japanese international professional and consumer electronics corporation based in Yokohama.

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Kenwood Limited

Kenwood is a kitchen appliances manufacturer, operating in 44 countries.

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List of mergers and acquisitions by IBM

The following is a partial list of IBM precursors, acquisitions and spinoffs.

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London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange located in the City of London, England.

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Management buyout

A management buyout (MBO) is a form of acquisition where a company's existing managers acquire a large part or all of the company from either the parent company or from the private owners.

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Micronet 800

Micronet 800 was an information provider (IP) on Prestel, aimed at the 1980s personal computer market.

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Military

A military or armed force is a professional organization formally authorized by a sovereign state to use lethal or deadly force and weapons to support the interests of the state.

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Mutant Herd

Mutant Herd is a 1983 action game for the VIC-20 developed by and published by Thorn EMI.

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New Line Cinema

New Line Cinema is an American film production studio a part of Warner Bros. Entertainment.

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Nomura Securities

is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NHI), which forms part of the Nomura Group.

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Orion Pictures

Orion Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture producer and distributor that produced and released films from 1978 until 1999 and was also involved in television production and syndication throughout the 1980s until the early 1990s.

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Philips

Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips, stylized as PHILIPS) is a Dutch multinational technology company headquartered in Amsterdam currently focused in the area of healthcare.

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Racal

Racal Electronics plc was once the third largest British electronics firm.

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Radio

Radio is the technology of using radio waves to carry information, such as sound, by systematically modulating properties of electromagnetic energy waves transmitted through space, such as their amplitude, frequency, phase, or pulse width.

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Radio Rentals

Radio Rentals was formed in 1930Radio Rentals Staff Handbook in Brighton, Sussex, UK to rent out radio sets by Percy Perring-Thoms with a turnover in the first year of £780.

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Richard Branson

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate, investor and philanthropist.

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River Rescue

River Rescue is a 1982 game for the Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Atari 8-bit family.

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Rumbelows

Rumbelows was an electrical and electronics retailer in the United Kingdom, that once rivalled Currys, Dixons and Comet.

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Seven Dials, London

Seven Dials is a small road junction in Covent Garden in the West End of London where seven streets converge.

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Shareholder

A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or institution (including a corporation) that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a public or private corporation.

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Soho

Soho is an area of the City of Westminster, part of the West End of London.

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Telefunken

Telefunken was a German radio and television apparatus company, founded in Berlin in 1903, as a joint venture of Siemens & Halske and the Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) (General electricity company).

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Television

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound.

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Terra Firma Capital Partners

Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd. (TFCP) is a UK-based private equity firm.

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Thales Group

Thales Group is a French multinational company that designs and builds electrical systems and provides services for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security markets.

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Thales Optronics

Thales Optronics is a multinational optronics manufacturer and a division of Thales Group.

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Thames Television

Thames Television was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding area on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992.

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The ADT Corporation

ADT Inc., formerly The ADT Corporation, is an American company that provides residential and small business electronic security, fire protection, and other related alarm monitoring services in 35 countries.

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The Cannon Group, Inc.

The Cannon Group, Inc. was an American group of companies, including Cannon Films, which produced a distinctive line of low- to medium-budget films from 1967 to 1994.

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The Evil Dead

The Evil Dead is a 1981 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi and executive produced by Raimi and Bruce Campbell, who also stars alongside Ellen Sandweiss and Betsy Baker.

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The Terminator

The Terminator is a 1984 American science-fiction action film directed by James Cameron.

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Thomson-CSF

Thomson-CSF was a major electronics and defence contractor.

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Thorn Electrical Industries

Thorn Electrical Industries Limited was an electrical engineering business.

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Thorn EMI Computer Software

Thorn EMI Computer Software was a British video games software house set up in the early 1980s as part of the now-defunct British conglomerate Thorn EMI.

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Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios) is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal.

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Video game

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.

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Virgin Records

Virgin Records Ltd. was a British record label founded by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman in 1972.

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Winning Appliances

Established in 1906, Winning Appliances is a fourth generation Australian family owned and run kitchen and laundry specialist.

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Xtro

Xtro is a 1982 British science fiction horror film directed by Harry Bromley Davenport and co-produced by Bob Shaye.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_EMI

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