Transradio
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| Company type | Limited company (Aktiengesellschaft) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| Defunct | 2017 |
| Successor | AMPEGON AG |
| Headquarters | Berlin , Germany |
| Products | Radio transmitters |
| Website | now: www.ampegon.com |
TRANSRADIO SenderSysteme Berlin AG today is a subsidiary of Swiss company AMPEGON AG. It was a German radio communication systems producer, specialised in research, development and design of AM, VHF/FM and DRM such as military and commercial broadcasting systems.
History
The name Transradio dates back to 1918 when Transradio was founded as a subsidiary of Telefunken. In 1919, TRANSRADIO-Aktiengesellschaft für drahtlosen Überseeverkehr was the first company mentioned to introduce duplex radio-transmission worldwide.
The since 1989 existing company Telefunken Sendertechnik GmbH was renamed in 2000 to Telefunken SenderSysteme Berlin AG. Five years later the company became TRANSRADIO SenderSysteme Berlin AG.[1] The nominal capital of 1.5 Mio € in 2010 was increased to 1.87 Mio €. After massive losses since 2007 and spite of further credits of 1.8 Mio € from her majority shareholder Bevita Commercial Corp.(Vaduz), TRANSRADIO became insolvent since 1st August 2017 due to overextension and inability to pay .
Chances
The Swiss company AMPEGON AG immediate acquired the product-lines TRAM and SICAMP with their proper production, the inventory and a qualified team of technicians from the insolvent estate.[2] From that they built AM Broadcast GmbH, a new subsidiary of AMPEGON.[3] With this AMPEGON is back to production of medium-wave emitters and takes over service for former clients of TRANSRADIO Sendersysteme Berlin AG following the former cooperation with TRANSRADIO.[4] A little later the registered business address is changed to Berlin.[5] After the completion of insolvency resolution TRANSRADIO SenderSysteme Berlin AG will become member of the AMPEGON AG.[4] For this reason the name TRANSRADIO will finally disappear from the commercial world.
Engagement in DRM
TRANSRADIO SenderSysteme Berlin AG was promoter and supporter of digitizing AM-driven emitters to DRM-mode. Nearly all greater medium- and longwave-emitters were equipped with their "TRAM"-models. So operation mode of this emitters could be switched either to AM or to DRM. Nevertheless not only the emitters of Deutschlandradio were switched off in the years 2014/15 but also nearly all foreign radio-services decided to finish their emissions on short- and medium waves.[6]
The new owner AMPEGON AG is founder of the DRM-Standard and active leading force in the DRM consortium for the definition of the DRM.[7] After the acquisition of the emitter-models TRAM from TRANSRADIO, AMPEGON is able to offer DRM-capable radio transmitters of their own production.[8]
References
- ^ "Company report 2005" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ Marguerite Clark (2018-08-24). "AMPEGON takes over MW-products from TRANSRADIO". Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ "Notification of the Commercial Register Würzburg: Formation of AM Broadcast GmbH" (in German). Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ a b "Online-publication of AMPEGON at 24. January 2018". Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ "Extract from the Commercial Register at Berlin-Charlottenburg: Change of business address" (in German). Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ "Declining of international shortwave radio service" (in German). Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ "Important roll of AMPEGON for DRM". Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ "DRM/AM broadcast systems from Ampegon". Retrieved March 24, 2019.