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Grass Valley a Belden Brand, is owned by Belden Inc. and the result of the merger of Grass Valley and Miranda Technologies on March 31, 2014, when Belden purchased Grass Valley from private equity firm Francisco Partners. The company is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with offices and operations worldwide. It was previously known as Grass Valley Group and founded in Grass Valley, California. It develops and produces technology and services for the video and broadcast industry, with a broad offering of "glass-to-glass" conventional (SDI) and IP (SMPTE 2022-6) solutions for live video production, news and playout. It operates with direct sales and services operations around the world. It has been awarded 20 Engineering Emmy Awards in total from NATAS (National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) and ATAS (Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, known as the Television Academy). == History == Grass Valley Group was founded as a tiny research and development 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. When Tektronix divested its printing, video and networking divisions it sold the video business to a private investor, Terry Gooding of San Diego, California, who reincorporated it under the name Grass Valley Group, Inc. The sale closed on September 24, 1999. In 2002, the French electronics giant Thomson Multimedia, now known as Technicolor SA, acquired Grass Valley Group.〔(GVG History Timeline: 1959-2009 ) Retrieved 2014-03-10〕 After coming under the ownership of Thomson, Grass Valley Group was forced to merge its product line with the existing professional and broadcast products of its new parent company, with mixed results. After the financial crisis of 2008, Thomson defaulted on its financial covenants and was forced by its creditors to divest its Grass Valley business, PRN and other manufacturing entities. On January 29, 2009, Thomson announced that they were putting the Grass Valley division up for sale. In 2010, the Grass Valley business unit, not including the head-end and transmission businesses, was acquired by private equity firm Francisco Partners and resumed operating as an independent company with offices in San Francisco, California on January 1, 2011. The company announced in August 2013 it would move its headquarters to Hillsboro, Oregon, later that year to an existing office. On March 31, 2014, the company was acquired by Belden Inc. from Francisco Partners and merged with Miranda Technologies, which Belden acquired on July 27, 2012. The company operates under the Grass Valley brand name, officially known as Grass Valley, a Belden Brand. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grass Valley (company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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