RCA

The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America. It was initially a patent trust owned by General... Wikipedia

• Industry:  Media, Electronics
• Fate:  Acquired by GE in 1986, various divisions sold or liquidated, trademark rights sold to Thomson SA in 1988.
• Successors:  General Electric, RCA (owned by Talisman Brands), RCA Records (owned by Sony Music Entertainment), NBCUniversal (owned by Comcast)
• Founded:  October 17, 1919 as Radio Corporation of America. Name changed to RCA Corporation on May 9, 1969.
• Founder:  Owen D. Young
• Defunct:  1987
• Key people:  David Sarnoff (first general manager)
• Products:  Radios, Vacuum tubes, Phonograph records, Electric Phonograph, RCA Photophone, Televisions, CED Videodisc, TV station equipment, Studio cameras, Videotape machines, Film chains, TV transmitters, TV broadcast antennas, Satellites, Video game consoles
• Parent:  GE (1919–1932, 1986–1987), Technicolor SA (trademark rights only, 1987–2022), Talisman Brands d.b.a Established Inc. (trademark, since 2022)
• Divisions:  RCA Records, NBC, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, RCA Services
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo