History

DFT
World

1929

1st Academy Awards were presented in Hollywood. Comic strip characters Tintin and Popeye make their debut appearance.

1929

Fernseh AG television company was registered in Berlin by John Logie Baird, Robert Bosch and other partners.

1939

Batman makes his first appearance in a comic book. The Wizard of Oz premiers in Hollywood.

1939

Fernseh AG becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH.

1952

Agatha Christie´s “The Mouse Trap” opens in London. TV how “I Love Lucy” is seen in 10,000,000 homes.

1952

Fernseh AG moves to Darmstadt, Germany

1967

First UK television broadcasts begin on BBC2. Disney release “Jungle Book”.

1967

Bosch Fernseh manufactures a full range of video and film equipment including professional video cameras, VTRs and telecine devices.

1979

Philips demonstrates Compact Discs for the first time. McDonalds launch the “Happy Meal”.

1979

FDL 60 is launched – the world´s first CCD telecine.

1986

Pixar Animation Studios is opened. The “Phantom of the Opera” opens in London.

1986

Broadcast Television Systems (BTS) is formed as a joint venture between Bosch and Philips Broadcast.

1995

Microsoft releases Windows 95. The DVD as an optical disc media storage format is announced.

1995

The Darmstadt factory moves to Weiterstadt, Germany. BTS is acquired by Philips to become Philips Broadcast-Philips Digital Video Systems.

1996

Pokémon and Nintendo games are released in Japan. “Braveheart” wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

1996

Spirit DataCine is launched following a joint project with Kodak.

1998

“Titanic” wins 11 Oscars, including Best Picture. Google is founded.

1998

Spirit DataCine scans first movie “Pleasantville” as a digital intermediate.

2000

“Dora the Explorer” one of Nickelodeon´s most popular shows debuts. The Nintendo Game Cube is revealed.

2000

Shadow, a low cost telecine for SDTV and HDTV, launched.

2002

“The Pianist” wins the Palme D´Or at the Canne Film Festival. “Spiderman” is the first film to make $100M+ during its opening weekend.

2002

Thomson Multimedia merges with the Grass Valley Group to become Grass Valley.

2003

The element darmstadtium (Ds), atomic number 110, is officially christened.

2003

Spirit 2K and 4K DataCine launched.

2008

Bill Gates steps down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation. The last major US supplier of VHS tapes ships its final truck load.

2008

Grass Valley’s Film Division is acquired by Partner Capital Group and renamed Digital Film Technology.

2009

Minecraft is made. Apple launches the iPod touch 3G.

2009

Scanity launched.

2011

The Hobbit becomes the first film to use 48fps image capture and projection. Paramount and Universal Pictures celebrate their 100th anniversary.

2012

Prasad Corp. acquires DFT.

2014

Brazil World Cup.

2014

Scanity HDR launched for high dynamic range scanning.

2015

Universal´s Jurrasic World grosses $1bn in ticket sales within 13 days of release – the fastest time ever recorded.

2015

WetGate technology option for 35/S35mm introduced to Scanity HDR.

2017

“Nintendo Switch” game console was released. Blade runner 2049 (2017) – remake of the original cult film.

2017

S8/8mm option introduced for Scanity HDR.

2018

France won the FIFA World Cup 2018.

2018

DFT introduces S16/16mm WetGate option.

2019

China landed its robotic space probe Chang´e 4 on the “dark side” of the moon.

2019

DFT launches its large format film scanner OXScan 14K.

2022

Elon Musk becomes the CEO of Twitter.

2022

DFT introduces the new POLAR HQ plattform.

2024

The 2024 Summer Olympics takes place in Paris.

2024

Norbert Hinckers returns to DFT taking over as CEO.