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 and was the first in the world to sell electronic televisions with cathode-ray tubes, in Germany in 1934.

The brand had several incarnations: * ''Gesellschaft für drahtlose Telegraphie m.b.H., System Telefunken'', founded in 1903 as a joint venture between AEG and Siemens & Halske * ''Telefunken, Gesellschaft für drahtlose Telegraphie m.b.H.'', in 1923; since 1941 as subsidiary of AEG alone * ''Telefunken GmbH'', in 1955 * ''Telefunken Aktiengesellschaft (AG)'', in 1963 * ''Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft AEG-Telefunken'', created in 1967 through a merger between Telefunken and AEG * AEG-TELEFUNKEN AG, in 1979 The company also had several subsidiaries and spin-offs of its own: * ''TELEFUNKEN Fernseh und Rundfunk GmbH'', formed in 1972 in Hanover as a subsidiary of AEG-TELEFUNKEN * Telefunken electronic GmbH, a spin-off of AEG-Telefunken and DASA * TEMIC TELEFUNKEN microelectronic GmbH|de|TEMIC}}, since 1992 * Telefunken Semiconductors GmbH & Co. KG|de|Telefunken Semiconductors}}, formed in Heilbronn in 2009 * Telefunken Lighting technologies S.L., since 2009

The company Telefunken USA was incorporated in early 2001 to provide restoration services and build reproductions of vintage Telefunken microphones.

In 2023, Telefunken brand was acquired by the advisory and investment firm Gordon Brothers. Provided by Wikipedia