JVC

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Victor Company of Japan, Limited

Trade name	JVC
Native name	日本ビクター株式会社
Romanized name	Nihon Bikutā kabushiki gaisha
Company type	Subsidiary
Traded as	TYO: 6792 OSE: 6792 (1960–2008)
Industry	Electronics
Founded	September 13, 1927; 96 years ago (1927-09-13) Yokohama, Japan
Defunct	October 1, 2011 (2011-10-01)[a]
Fate	Merged with Kenwood Corporation
Successor	JVCKenwood Corporation
Headquarters	Yokohama , Japan
Key people	Shoichiro Eguchi, President
Products	Audio, visual, computer-related electronics and software, media products
Revenue	¥658.4 billion (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2008)
Number of employees	19,044 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2008[update])
Parent	Victor Talking Machine Company (1927–1929) Radio Corporation of America (1929–1942) Matsushita Electric (1953–2008) JVC Kenwood Holdings (2008–2011) JVCKenwood (2011–present)
Website	www.jvc.net
Footnotes / references [1]

JVC (short for Japan Victor Company) is a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood. Founded in 1927 as the Victor Talking Machine Company of Japan and later as Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (日本ビクター株式会社, Nihon Bikutā kabushiki gaisha), the company was best known for introducing Japan's first televisions and for developing the Video Home System (VHS) video recorder.

From 1953 to 2008, the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. was the majority stockholder in JVC. In 2008, JVC merged with Kenwood Corporation to create JVCKenwood. JVC sold their electronic products in their home market of Japan under the "Victor" name with the His Master's Voice logo but used the name JVC or Nivico in the past for export due to differing ownership of the His Master's Voice logo and the ownership of the "Victor" name from successors of the Victor Talking Machine Company. In 2011, the Victor brand for electronics in Japan was replaced by the global JVC brand. However, the previous "Victor" name and logo are retained by JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment, and are used as JVCKenwood's luxury HiFi marque.

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