Thorn EMI

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Thorn EMI was a major British electronics, entertainment, and media conglomerate formed by the merger of Thorn Electrical Industries and EMI, active primarily in the late 20th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thorn EMI canonical 5
Thorn-EMI 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British company
conglomerate
activePeriod late 20th century
alsoKnownAs Thorn-EMI
linked to: Thorn EMI
country United Kingdom
demergedInto EMI Group
Thorn plc
demergerDate 1996
fieldOfWork film distribution
home video distribution
music industry (through EMI stake)
formedByMergerOf EMI
Thorn Electrical Industries
headquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England
inception 1979
industry electronics
entertainment
media
listedOn London Stock Exchange
notableSubsidiary Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
linked to: EMI Films

Thorn EMI Video
Thorn Lighting
ownedBrand DER Television
Ferguson Electronics
Radio Rentals
ownedBusiness EMI Records (stake)
linked to: EMI Records

Thorn EMI Computer Software
Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
linked to: EMI Films

Thorn EMI Video
Thorn EMI Video Programmes
Thorn Lighting
Thorn Security
parentCompanyOf Thorn EMI Computer Software
Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
linked to: EMI Films

Thorn EMI Video
Thorn EMI Video Programmes
predecessor EMI
Thorn Electrical Industries
product consumer electronics
home video releases
lighting equipment
security systems
television sets
video cassettes
significantEvent demerger of Thorn and EMI operations
stockIndex FTSE 100 Index (historical member)
linked to: FTSE 100
successor EMI Group
Thorn plc

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

EMI Group parentCompany Thorn EMI
EMI Group separatedFrom Thorn EMI
Thorn EMI alsoKnownAs Thorn-EMI
linked to: Thorn EMI
Thames Television parentCompany Thorn EMI