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Telefunken

German electronics pioneer from radio to television and computing.

The company set up the first worldwide network of communications before World War I and sold the first electronic televisions with cathode-ray tubes in Germany in 1934.[1][2]

Quick Facts

Founder
Siemens & Halske and AEG
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Defunct
1967 merger with parent company AEG to AEG-Telefunken
Parent
AEG (1941-1967)
Industry
Electrical industry

Facts from the source article.

Key facts and history

That station transmitted messages to a similar tower in Nauen, 3,500 miles away, starting in 1912.[3] The company developed the first ball-based mouse, named Rollkugel, in 1968.[4] AEG-Telefunken became bankrupt in 1982, and its consumer electronics division was sold to Thomson in 1983.[5][6] The military and aviation arm was acquired by Daimler-Benz in 1985.[5][6]

A wireless station was erected by Telefunken in 1911 at West Sayville, situated just north of the Long Island Rail Road tracks, featuring a 500-foot tower designed to be raised and lowered.[3] Radio sets and telegraphy equipment were provided by Telefunken for military use during World War I.[7] AEG acquired Siemens's 50% share in 1941, resulting in Telefunken becoming a fully owned subsidiary.[5] Since 2004, TELEFUNKEN Licenses GmbH has held the trademark rights; this entity has been under Gordon Brothers' ownership from 2023.[8][9]

What the cited sources add

A 2014 article notes that the Sayville station was the last offshore Telefunken station to remain operational and could receive reports from Germany.[2] The same article states that a lawsuit against Sayville went in Telefunken's subsidiary's favor partly due to the presence of scientist Braun.[2] A 2021 magazine article reports that Telefunken Elektroakustik founder Toni Fishman acquired the rights to the name and diamond logo for North America in 2000.[10] That article also states that Telefunken began distribution of the U47 vacuum tube microphone in 1947.[10]

A 2005 news release explains that Telefunken SenderSysteme Berlin changed its name to Transradio SenderSysteme Berlin AG, reviving a name from 1918.[11] The same article notes that the historic Telefunken site in Berlin-Zehlendorf has been sold.[12]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Telefunken" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Scientist who World War I wrote out of history", History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books Modern International and American history, 2014-03-02; Telefunken, Early Electronic TV Gallery, Early Television Foundation.; 1934–35 Telefunken, Television History: The First 75 Years. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. "The Scientist who World War I wrote out of history", History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books Modern International and American history, 2014-03-02. facts only, no text reused. historyisnowmagazine.com
  3. Wikipedia, "Telefunken" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Telefunken Radio Station at Sayville, Long Island", aes-media l (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Telefunken" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "A SURVEY OF NEW WEST-EUROPEAN DIGITAL COMPUTERS (Part 1): GERMANY", Computers and Automation, Sep 1963, p. 24; "The first rolling-ball mouse · e-basteln", www.e-basteln.de (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Telefunken" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Telefunken | Science Museum Group Collection; "GERMANY'S TELEFUNKEN INSOLVENT", The New York Times, 1982-08-10; Jr, "BLOCKED ON GRUNDIG, THOMSON TURNS TO AEG", The New York Times, 1983-03-10; Times, "INTERNATIONAL REPORT; DAIMLER-BENZ SETS DIVERSIFICATION", The New York Times, 1985-10-21 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Telefunken" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "GERMANY'S TELEFUNKEN INSOLVENT", The New York Times, 1982-08-10; Jr, "BLOCKED ON GRUNDIG, THOMSON TURNS TO AEG", The New York Times, 1983-03-10 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Telefunken" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Scientist who World War I wrote out of history", History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books Modern International and American history, 2014-03-02 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Telefunken" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Brothers, "Gordon Brothers Acquires Telefunken", GlobeNewswire News Room, 2023-08-14; "Telefunken Partner Alliance", TELEFUNKEN; Connection, "TELEFUNKEN Celebrates 20th Anniversary - Music Connection Magazine", 2021-02-17 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Telefunken" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Gordon Brothers Acquires Telefunken", ABFJournal (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Connection, "TELEFUNKEN Celebrates 20th Anniversary - Music Connection Magazine", 2021-02-17. facts only, no text reused. musicconnection.com
  11. "TRANSRADIO SenderSysteme Berlin AG Info - EQS News", www.eqs-news.com. facts only, no text reused. eqs-news.com
  12. "Wirtschaft: Telefunken ist wieder da", Der Tagesspiegel Online. facts only, no text reused. tagesspiegel.de

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Telefunken (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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