| Convergent Digital Signage Exhibit
Wins
Award at GlobalShop 2007
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – March 15, 2007 –Convergent, a unit of Technicolor Network Services and a leader
in out of home media and network digital signage solutions, was recognized with the Best Booth award for the Digital
Store pavilion at the 2007 GlobalShop event March 6 – 8 in Las Vegas, NV.
Convergent, utilized a simplistic booth design to showcase dynamic merchandising content used in its retail and banking deployments.
The editors of Display and Design Ideas (DDI) magazine judged exhibitor booths at the show based on their relative creativity,
the experience of the viewer, the mechanics, the promotional aspects, and the hospitality of the booth as a whole. Convergent
was highlighted in Thursday's edition of the GlobalShop Today show daily, and will receive additional coverage in May's post
show report in DDI magazine.
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About Convergent
Convergent, a unit of Technicolor Network Services, is the Intelligent Media Distribution company. Convergent designs, installs,
operates, and maintains custom media distribution networks for business television, interactive distance learning, and out-of-home
advertising, such as digital signage. Throughout its history, the company has established processes and procedures, which combined
with best-of-breed systems and software, result in the intelligent delivery of the right message, to the right place, at the
right time.
Convergent recently joined Technicolor Network Services, part of the Services division of Thomson.(Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE:
TMS), the world’s leading provider of services, systems, and technologies to the media and entertainment industries. Convergent
now serves as the network hub for Technicolor Network Services’ North American operations, and is focused on developing
new business in the out-of-home advertising (digital signage) segment, and upgrading existing corporate communications (BTV)
and interactive distance learning (IDL) networks to digital platforms, while servicing other Thomson and Technicolor businesses.
Convergent provides services for over 70 digital media networks and 550,000 viewing locations. Clients include Advance Auto Parts,
Bell World, Electronic Data Systems, FedEx, Kroger, Royal Bank of Canada, Screenvision, Wachovia, and other industry leaders.
For more information, call 1-800-877-7804, or visit http://www.convergent.com.
About Technicolor Network Services
Technicolor Network Services, part of the Services division of Thomson, provides clients with broadcast playout
services by offering an online digital content distribution network that supports multiple origination platforms, including cable,
broadcast, and direct-to-home. In addition, Technicolor Network Services addresses the out-of-home marketplace with a full range
of network design and management services. For more information: http://www.technicolor.com.
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