![]() Logo since 1919 | |
Industry | Electrical industry |
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Founded | 1903 |
Defunct | 1967AEG to AEG-Telefunken (1996 merger with Daimler-Benz and sale/dissolution various company parts), 2005 rename of the last former Telefunken division | merger with parent company
Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
Parent | Gordon Brothers |
Website | telefunken |
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[1] and was the first in the world to sell electronic televisions with cathode ray tubes, in Germany in 1934.[2][3]
The brand had several incarnations:
The company also had several subsidiaries and spin-offs of its own:
The company Telefunken USA was incorporated in early 2001 to provide restoration services and build reproductions of vintage Telefunken microphones.[4]
In 2023, Telefunken brand was acquired by the advisory and investment firm Gordon Brothers.[5]
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