Thomson, through its Technicolor Business Group, today announced that its industry-leading services were instrumental to 21 of the 2008 Academy Award nominated theatrical features.

Technicolor notably provided services to all five nominees in the category of Best Motion Picture of the Year: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader and Slumdog Millionaire. Overall, in the six major nomination categories of Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Animated Feature of the Year, Achievement in Directing, Achievement in Cinematography, Achievement in Film Editing, and Achievement in Visual Effects, Technicolor served 100% of the nominated theatrical features in some capacity. more

Technicolor’s industry-leading services were on display in theatres all over North America last weekend – in support of the weekend’s three highest grossing theatrical features: Sony’s Paul Blart: Mall Cop; director Clint Eastwood and Warner Bros’ Gran Torino; and Lionsgate’s My Bloody Valentine. The three films led a record-breaking Martin Luther King holiday weekend.

For Mall Cop, Technicolor’s Creative Bridge team supplied DP Lights™ on set for cinematographer Russ Alsobrook, ASC to create real-time color-grading and looks. Using Panavision’s Genesis cameras, Alsobrook was able to bake those creative looks into his dailies that were sent via the ASC color decision list (CDL) to editorial and later Technicolor’s DI suites where they were employed as the starting point to film’s final color grading. The Creative Bridge team also provided the film on-set cloning solution for the original master tapes. Technicolor completed its work for the film with a digital mastered version for the post-theatrical markets. more

Technicolor, the Services division of Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS), today announced that Rick Mischel has joined Technicolor Content Services as Executive Vice President, Animation & Interactive Services.

Technicolor’s Animation & Interactive Services business unit combines its Games division, led by Vice President of Interactive Chan Park, and growing Animation division co-located in Burbank and the Bangalore, India-based Paprikaas Studio. The combined division produces art and animation for the games, television and DVD/Feature markets; and provides audio, versioning and localization services to the games and animation community. Recent projects include high-end cinematics for Midway and Epic, audio work for Activision and Microsoft, and animation production services for the Back at the Barnyard CGI television series airing on Nickelodeon. more

LED BY THE DARK KNIGHT, TECHNICOLOR SERVICES WERE DELIVERED TO ALL TOP TEN FILMS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKETPLACE

PARIS, France & BURBANK, CA - July 23, 2008 – Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS) – the worldwide leader in video solutions for the Communication, Media & Entertainment (CME) industries – today announced that its Technicolor Services division provided a full array of industry-leading laboratory and digital services to the top 10 films driving the record-smashing North American box office for the weekend of July 18 - 20. more

Technicolor, the Services division of Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS), today announced that digital colorist Tim Stipan has completed digital color-grading chores for director Steven Soderbergh’s twin Che Guevara theatrical features – The Argentine, and Guerilla. The films will premiere at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival on May 21st. Five different Technicolor facilities worked on Mr. Soderbergh’s films - highlighted by the deployment of a new workflow featuring Technicolor color-science to “translate” the films’ original photography on the Red ONE digital camera to both digital cinema and traditional celluloid release printing. more

Technicolor, the Services division of Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS), today announced that it has provided services for sixteen theatrical features and documentaries premiering at the 61st edition of the Cannes Film Festival.

Director Steven Soderbergh presents two eagerly awaited theatrical features at Cannes, based on the life of Latino revolutionary Che Guevara, The Argentine, and Guerilla – both digitally photographed by Mr. Soderbergh. (At the festival, the films will premiere under the single title Che.) A new digital color-science pipeline was created specifically for Mr. Soderbergh’s features, which are premiering in the Competition section of the festival, including services provided by Technicolor Creative Services’ facilities in New York, Burbank, Hollywood, London, as well as the company’s Theatrical Services facility in Madrid. more

MPC (The Moving Picture Company), part of the Technicolor Services Division of Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453, NYSE: TMS), today announced plans to open a Santa Monica-based visual effects facility in late 2008. MPC-LA will initially focus on the U.S. commercials visual effects (VFX) market, and it will also provide a front-end presence to MPC’s Los Angeles-based studios features VFX business. more

Technicolor, the Services Division of Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS), today announced the launch of a new compression and authoring (C&A) operation in Bangalore, India, to be co-located within Thomson’s new, 100,000 square-foot Paprikaas Animation and Game Design facility. The new C&A facility will open in May and will be based upon Thomson’s industry-leading research and development efforts for high-definition Blu-ray Disc and standard-definition DVDs. more

Paris and Burbank, California — February 20th, 2008 — Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS), through its Technicolor Services Division, today announced its contribution to 20 of the 44 theatrical and documentary features nominated for 2007 Academy Awards®. Key films serviced by Technicolor include three of the five films nominated for Best Picture – Michael Clayton, Juno and Atonement – and Ratatouille, nominated for Best Animated Feature of 2007. Other prominent motion picture features serviced include Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End and Transformers – both nominated for Best Visual Effects and other technical categories. more

PARIS, FRANCE and BURBANK, CA – (February 4, 2008) – Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS) today announced that its Technicolor Services division sponsored and provided technical support for the 6th Annual VES (Visual Effects Society) Awards. Technicolor provided the encoding, streaming and download delivery for all nominated films, broadcast TV shows, commercial ads, and video games submitted for award consideration. This sponsorship marks the fourth consecutive year Technicolor has supported the VES Awards.

The VES Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, Feb. 10, at the Kodak Theatre Grand Ballroom, in Hollywood. Steven Spielberg is being honored with the VES Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing the contributions he has made to the art and science of visual effects. more