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THOMSON: THOMSON : Technicolor wins a distribution contract with the National Assembly

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PARIS--(Marketwire - July 27, 2009) - Technicolor wins a distribution contract with the National Assembly

Paris (France), 27 July 2009 - Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS), a worldwide leader of services to content creators, announces that it has won a new contract through its Technicolor brand for the management and distribution of the images of the sessions of the National Assembly.

In accordance with the terms of the tender which it has won, and which concerns the operation and maintenance of the audiovisual equipment at the National Assembly, Technicolor has been deploying since 10 July 2009 the equipment necessary for filming the debates in the Assembly and in those committee rooms which are open to the public, and distributing the audiovisual signals to the general interest TV channels.

Frédéric Rose, Chairman and CEO of Thomson, said: "We are proud to have been selected by the National Assembly to carry out the filming of their debates. The Assembly has placed its trust in us in the past and it has chosen us once again. We are therefore going to capitalise on our recognised expertise and the talent of our teams in order to provide viewers with an unsurpassed image quality".

This contract has a duration of one year, is renewable, and demonstrates the senior institutions' trust in Thomson. Technicolor is in fact already supplying services to the Senate, the LCP-AN (Parliamentary TV Channel for the National Assembly) and Public Sénat (Parliamentary TV Channel for the Senate) Channels.

Thomson also operates the distribution networks for 320 major world-wide operators, such as Disney, NBC Universal, ITV, France 24, and BBC Worldwide.

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