TechniSat is a German manufacturer of
direct broadcast satellite
Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location. The signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna comm ...
receivers. The company produces televisions, car navigation and entertainment systems as well. Together with
Loewe and
Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand ...
, it is one of the few remaining independent consumer electronics companies which develop and produce consumer electronics products in Germany and Europe.
History
TechniSat was established in 1987 in
Daun
Daun is a town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the district seat and also the seat of the ' of Daun.
Geography
Location
The town lies in the , a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geogra ...
by Peter Lepper. In 1992, the company launched then the smallest digital antenna in the world.
In 2007, it started its own TechniTipp-TV channel, which was closed down in September 2008.
In 2009, TechniSat had a revenue of nearly 350 million Euro (up from 305 million in 2008).
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Electronics companies of Germany
Privately held companies of Germany
Companies based in Rhineland-Palatinate
German brands
Computer hardware companies
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