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This may not be absolutely accurate but here's what I know, regarding entertainment type equipment, please correct any oversights/mistakes:
RCA--owned by Thomson (based in France), sold in 1986. It may have sold to GE first who in turn sold to Thomson. The RCA name is also now being licensed to Radio Shack.
GE--also sold to Thomson, 1986...Thomson GE equipment only has the GE monogram and not the words "General Electric".
Zenith--I think LG (Lucky-Goldstar) had a stake in Zenith in the 1980's and now controls it.
Philco was bought by Ford Motor Co. in the early 1960's and sold to North American Philips in 1974 or 75. The Philco name may still be used on some K-mart electronics.
Packard Bell was bought by Teledyne sometime in the 60's and continued till around 1974 or 75. I don't know who revived the name for computers in the 80's.
Sylvania was bought by GTE in the 60's I think. Electronics were sold to North American Philips in late 70's. The Sylvania name now may be owned by Funai as some Funai units now bear the Sylvania name.
Magnavox was bought by North Am. Philips also sometime in the late 70's. The original Magnavox company in Fort Wayne, Ind. continued to manufacture electronics for the military and cotinued to use the old Magnavox upper-and-lower case logo. Any Mag. product which has the MAGNAVOX name in all upper case was made by North American Philips I believe.
Admiral was bought by Rockwell International in the early-mid 70's. The Admiral name font on the products is different on the Rockwell units. It seems like Admiral was phased out in the late 70's early 80's. Some trace of Admiral continued on as AOC (Admiral Overseas Corp) through the 80's. The name was revived by Montgomery Ward for their private label in the 1990's.
JVC is Japan Victor Corp. also called Nivico in the 60's (NIppon VIctor COrp.) There is some connection between it and Victor Talking Machine Co./RCA Victor but I don't know what it is.
Stromberg-Carlson was owned by military contractor General Dynamics, I think this brand went out in the late 60's.
That's all I can think of!
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