The company name "Fernseh AG" is a
compound of Fernsehen ‘television’ and Aktiengesellschaft (AG) ‘joint-stock company’. The company was mainly known by its German abbreviation "FESE".[4] See
section see also on this page for other uses.
Early years
In 1929 Fernseh
AG's original board of directors included:
Emanuel Goldberg, Oliver George Hutchinson (for Baird), David Ludwig Loewe, and Erich Carl Rassbach (for Bosch) and Eberhard Falkenstein who did the legal work.[4]Carl Zeiss's
company worked alongside the early Bosch company. Much of the early work was in the area of research and development. Along with early TV sets (DE-6, E1, DE10) Fernseh AG made the first "Remote Truck"/"
OB van", an "intermediate-film" mobile television camera in August 1932. This was a film camera that had its film developed in the truck and a "telecine" then transmitted the signal almost "live".[5]
Fernseh GmbH
In 1939
Robert Bosch GmbH took complete ownership of Fernseh AG when Zeiss Ikon AG sold its share of Fernseh AG.
In 1952 Fernseh moved to
Darmstadt,
Germany, and increased its broadcast product line.[6]
In 1967 Fernseh, by then commonly called "Bosch Fernseh", introduced color TV products. Fernseh offered a full line of video and film equipment:
professional video cameras,
VTRs and
telecine devices. On August 27, 1967, the first color TV program in Germany aired, with a live broadcast from a Bosch Fernseh outside broadcast (OB) van. The networks
ZDF,
NDR and
WDR each acquired a new color OB van from Bosch Fernseh to begin broadcasting in color.
Fernsehanlagen GmbH
In 1972 Robert Bosch renamed its TV division: Fernsehanlagen GmbH (Fernseh facilities). The company supplied almost all the studio equipment for the
1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The Darmstadt HQ had over 2000 employees in 1972. In 1972 Fernseh started to manufacture
SECAM TV studio equipment for
Moscow.
In 1995 Philips Electronics North America Corp. fully acquired BTS Inc., renaming it Philips Broadcast-Philips Digital Video Systems. Philips sold many of the
Spirit DataCines.
In March 2001 this Philips division was sold to
Thomson SA, the Division was call Thomson Multimedia. In 2002, the French electronics giant Thomson SA also acquired the Grass Valley Group from a private investor that had acquired it three years earlier from
Tektronix in Beaverton, Oregon, USA. The name of this division of Thomson was shortened to
Grass Valley. The Fernseh's
Darmstadt factory, near the
Darmstadt Train Station and
European Space Operations Centre was moved a short distance to
Weiterstadt,
Germany. (Later, Grass Valley was sold to
Belden on February 6, 2014. Belden also owned Miranda.)[7]
Thomson Film Division, located in Weiterstadt including the product line of
Spirit DataCine 4K,
Bones Workstation,
Scanity realtime film scanner and
LUTher 3D Color Space converter, was sold to Parter Capital Group.[8] The sale was made public on Sept. 9, 2008 and completed on Dec. 1, 2008. The new Headquarters was still in Weiterstadt, the former Bosch Fernseh — BTS factory. Parter Capital Group continued to have worldwide offices to support products from Weiterstadt, Germany.[9][8] The new name of the company is Digital Film Technology.[10] DFT Digital Film Technology[11] became part of a new company: Precision Mechatronics GmbH in Weiterstadt, Germany.[12] On October 1, 2012 Precision Mechatronics and DFT were acquired by Prasad Group, part of
Prasad Studios.[13][14] In 2013 DFT moved from Weiterstadt to
Arheilgen-Darmstadt, Germany.
Phantom 2: Linux-Based transfer Engine software and workstation for Spirit Datacine (2014-)[93] (Now under DFT)
Polar HQ a 9.3K native scanner came out in 2023.[94]
Photo gallery
Robert Bosch in 1888
Intermediate film system for first Remote Truck (1936) - movie camera; 2 - film processor; 3 - washing bath; 4 - film drying compartment; 5 - telecine; 6 - monitor; 7 - video output; 8 - sewage; 9 - plumbing.
BOSCH Quad VTR Model BCM 40
Fernseh GmbH Telecine with a Pantason 16 mm film projector in 1956
^School of Information Management & Systems, Michael Buckland, Professor. Emanuel Goldberg, Television & Zeiss Ikon.School of Information Management & Systems, Michael Buckland, Professor. Emanuel Goldberg, Television & Zeiss Ikon, "Fernseh AG made considerable technical advances, ... they developed amazing "intermediate" systems that combined film and television technology both for sending and for receiving."
The company name "Fernseh AG" is a
compound of Fernsehen ‘television’ and Aktiengesellschaft (AG) ‘joint-stock company’. The company was mainly known by its German abbreviation "FESE".[4] See
section see also on this page for other uses.
Early years
In 1929 Fernseh
AG's original board of directors included:
Emanuel Goldberg, Oliver George Hutchinson (for Baird), David Ludwig Loewe, and Erich Carl Rassbach (for Bosch) and Eberhard Falkenstein who did the legal work.[4]Carl Zeiss's
company worked alongside the early Bosch company. Much of the early work was in the area of research and development. Along with early TV sets (DE-6, E1, DE10) Fernseh AG made the first "Remote Truck"/"
OB van", an "intermediate-film" mobile television camera in August 1932. This was a film camera that had its film developed in the truck and a "telecine" then transmitted the signal almost "live".[5]
Fernseh GmbH
In 1939
Robert Bosch GmbH took complete ownership of Fernseh AG when Zeiss Ikon AG sold its share of Fernseh AG.
In 1952 Fernseh moved to
Darmstadt,
Germany, and increased its broadcast product line.[6]
In 1967 Fernseh, by then commonly called "Bosch Fernseh", introduced color TV products. Fernseh offered a full line of video and film equipment:
professional video cameras,
VTRs and
telecine devices. On August 27, 1967, the first color TV program in Germany aired, with a live broadcast from a Bosch Fernseh outside broadcast (OB) van. The networks
ZDF,
NDR and
WDR each acquired a new color OB van from Bosch Fernseh to begin broadcasting in color.
Fernsehanlagen GmbH
In 1972 Robert Bosch renamed its TV division: Fernsehanlagen GmbH (Fernseh facilities). The company supplied almost all the studio equipment for the
1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The Darmstadt HQ had over 2000 employees in 1972. In 1972 Fernseh started to manufacture
SECAM TV studio equipment for
Moscow.
In 1995 Philips Electronics North America Corp. fully acquired BTS Inc., renaming it Philips Broadcast-Philips Digital Video Systems. Philips sold many of the
Spirit DataCines.
In March 2001 this Philips division was sold to
Thomson SA, the Division was call Thomson Multimedia. In 2002, the French electronics giant Thomson SA also acquired the Grass Valley Group from a private investor that had acquired it three years earlier from
Tektronix in Beaverton, Oregon, USA. The name of this division of Thomson was shortened to
Grass Valley. The Fernseh's
Darmstadt factory, near the
Darmstadt Train Station and
European Space Operations Centre was moved a short distance to
Weiterstadt,
Germany. (Later, Grass Valley was sold to
Belden on February 6, 2014. Belden also owned Miranda.)[7]
Thomson Film Division, located in Weiterstadt including the product line of
Spirit DataCine 4K,
Bones Workstation,
Scanity realtime film scanner and
LUTher 3D Color Space converter, was sold to Parter Capital Group.[8] The sale was made public on Sept. 9, 2008 and completed on Dec. 1, 2008. The new Headquarters was still in Weiterstadt, the former Bosch Fernseh — BTS factory. Parter Capital Group continued to have worldwide offices to support products from Weiterstadt, Germany.[9][8] The new name of the company is Digital Film Technology.[10] DFT Digital Film Technology[11] became part of a new company: Precision Mechatronics GmbH in Weiterstadt, Germany.[12] On October 1, 2012 Precision Mechatronics and DFT were acquired by Prasad Group, part of
Prasad Studios.[13][14] In 2013 DFT moved from Weiterstadt to
Arheilgen-Darmstadt, Germany.
Phantom 2: Linux-Based transfer Engine software and workstation for Spirit Datacine (2014-)[93] (Now under DFT)
Polar HQ a 9.3K native scanner came out in 2023.[94]
Photo gallery
Robert Bosch in 1888
Intermediate film system for first Remote Truck (1936) - movie camera; 2 - film processor; 3 - washing bath; 4 - film drying compartment; 5 - telecine; 6 - monitor; 7 - video output; 8 - sewage; 9 - plumbing.
BOSCH Quad VTR Model BCM 40
Fernseh GmbH Telecine with a Pantason 16 mm film projector in 1956
^School of Information Management & Systems, Michael Buckland, Professor. Emanuel Goldberg, Television & Zeiss Ikon.School of Information Management & Systems, Michael Buckland, Professor. Emanuel Goldberg, Television & Zeiss Ikon, "Fernseh AG made considerable technical advances, ... they developed amazing "intermediate" systems that combined film and television technology both for sending and for receiving."