Thomson Acquires Major Los Angeles Audio Facilities

Burbank, California - Thomson (NYSE: TMS) announced the acquisitionof the assets of Pacifica Media Affiliates (PMA), the parent company ofsome of the industry's premiere Los Angeles-based audio editorial andmixing facilities for feature and broadcast production, which willexpand Technicolor Entertainment Services' post-production serviceoffering as well as Thomson's Digital Media Solutions customerbase.

Operating under the Technicolor Creative Services umbrella -- aThomson service and the post-production arm of TechnicolorEntertainment Services (TES) -- the acquisition includes Echo SoundServices, Weddington Productions, Digital Sound Works, and PacificaSound Group, and collectively represents some of the most wellrespected audio talent and facilities in the industry. The PMAcompanies join Technicolor Creative Services' growing Sound Servicesdivision comprised of the former Complete Sound, Vidfilm InternationalDigital's audio division, and Miles o' Fun. Collectively, thefacilities have won two Academy Awards (Raiders of the Lost Ark andRoboCop), 12 Emmy Awards, and numerous MPSE Golden Reel Awards. Othermajor feature titles include Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Oceans 11, TheFifth Element, The Green Mile, Space Jam, and The Lion King. PMA'scustomer list includes major broadcast networks, film studios, cableservices, and many prominent independent producers.

"This strategic acquisition broadens our customer base for audioservices, as well as the scope of our audio offerings for the film,broadcast, and gaming production communities," stated TechnicolorCreative Services President Bob Beitcher. "At the same time, we'veadded some incredible talent to our already excellent team to enhanceour overall end-to-end post-production value chain."

"By combining PMA and Technicolor's Sound Services division," notesDavid Weathers, TCS Sound Services division President, "we will beproviding our clients with even greater creative talent, customerservice, cutting-edge methodologies, and technical support. PMAbelieves, as we do, that people make the difference and our goal is tooffer our customers the best mix of talent and innovative tool-sets totake their creativity to the next level."

Weddington Productions

Weddington Productions has been a leader in audio post-productionfor over 20 years, and features one of the most creative teams inHollywood. Under the leadership of Mark Mangini and Richard L.Anderson, Weddington has been honored with seven Academy Awardnominations and two Oscars for Best Sound Effects Editing, along withan Emmy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing. With 30 digital audioediting suites, and a proprietary library of well over 2,500 hours ofsounds effects, Weddington serves the feature, broadcast, and gamingproduction communities.

Echo Sound Services

Established in 1968, Echo Sound Services is one of the mostrespected sound editorial companies in the broadcast industry. EchoSound provides sound editing services for network series, mini-series,movies of the week, and movies for cable. Some of its moredistinguished credits include Tuskegee Airmen, Son of the Morning Star,Lonesome Dove, The Day After, Inside the Third Reich, and Raid onEntebbe. Under the supervision of Joe Melody, Echo Sound Services haswon 11 Emmy Awards and 30 Golden Reel Awards over its illustrioushistory.

Digital Sound Works

Digital Sound Works began in 1998, providing post-production soundservices for many prominent independent film companies. Led by themulti-talented Galen Walker, Digital Sound Works quickly built afirst-class team of sound editors and established a world-classreputation at its all-digital facility in Burbank.

About Thomson

With sales of 10.2 billion Euros (U.S. $ 9.6 billion) in 2002,Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) provides a wide range ofvideo (and enabling) technologies, systems, finished products andservices to consumers and professionals in the entertainment and mediaindustries. To advance and enable the digital media transition, Thomsonhas four principal divisions: Content and Networks, Consumer Products,Components, and Licensing. The company distributes its products underthe Technicolor, Grass Valley, THOMSON and RCA brand names.

Technicolor Entertainment Services (TES), part of Thomson's DigitalMedia Solutions division, is the number one processor of motion picturefilm worldwide and a leading provider of creative/post-production,cinema distribution and digital cinema services. With facilitiesworldwide, TES service lines include:

--Technicolor Release Print Services processes and prints16/35/65/70 mm formats, dailies, answer prints, intermediates, andtrailers.

--Technicolor Creative Services provides production, post-productionand post post-production services ranging from film and audiorestoration and preservation, in both analog and digital formats, toDVD compression and authoring, VOD encoding, to episodic television andcommercial advertising completion.

--Technicolor Cinema Distribution Services provides high-qualitydistribution and logistics management services for motion picturerelease prints and advertising collateral through state-of-the-arttechnologies and an efficient distribution pipeline.

--Technicolor Digital Cinema, LLC, a joint venture betweenTechnicolor and QUALCOMM, is a global leader in the development ofcomplete distribution technology and support services for the deliveryof digital cinema to theatres worldwide. For more information:www.technicolor.com