Telefunken
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Telefunken was a German radio and television producer, founded in Berlin in 1903 as a joint venture between Siemens & Halske and the Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) ("General electricity company"). Prior to World War I, the company set up the first world-wide network of communications and was the first in the world to sell electronic televisions with cathode-ray tubes, in Germany in 1934.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Telefunken
- Company.logo
- Telefunken.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 130px
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo since 1919
- Company.location
- Berlin, Germany
- Company.defunct
- merger with parent company AEG to AEG-Telefunken (1996 merger with Daimler-Benz and sale/dissolution various company parts), 2005 rename of the last former Telefunken division
- Company.parent
- Gordon Brothers
- Company.industry
- Electrical industry
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Country
- Germany
- Founded by
- Georg von Arco
- Headquarters
- Frankfurt
- Parent organization
- AEG
- Industry
- electrical industry
- Legal form
- Aktiengesellschaft
- Creator
- Lilly Reich
- Official website
- www.telefunken.com
- Image
- Telefunken Partner 200 1976 1978 radio receiver made in Germany.jpg
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- inception
- 1903-00-00
- location of formation
- Berlin
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1967-01-01
- native label
- Telefunken
- floruit
- 1920-01-01
- has works in the collection
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
- board member
- Georg von Arco
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Brand names
- History
- Business fields
- Locations and manufacturing plants
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
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