1946 | Post WW11 Department 24 set up to manufacture and design Broadcast TV Equipment at main Pye Haig Road Factory Site. |
1958 | Manufacturing moved to York Street Cambridge and Labs remain at Haig Road. |
1960 | Pye Ltd established Pye TVT as the ‘A’ Company for television broadcast products. |
1961 | CCTV development and manufacturing was transferred to PTC and sales handled by PBS in Cromwell Road. Nuclear energy business retained at TVT. |
1963 | Manufacturing and development moved to the old Pye Woodcraft Products site at Coldhams Lane Cambridge. |
1970 | Philips transferred their transmitter business from Hilversum and PTAB (VHF Transmitters) to TVT. Also the Philips studio activity at Weybridge was moved to TVT. |
1971 | Philips integrated Pye TVT into their Broadcast Activity. Pye TVT became the Broadcast Centre for Philips with plants in Breda (Holland) Montvale (USA) and Cambridge. |
1981 | Pye TVT received the Queens Award for Export Achievements. |
1986 | Studio Division closed down by Philips and activity centred in Germany and Holland. |
1987 | Pye TVT sold by Philips to Varian Associates in California and continued as a fully accountable division as Varian TVT. |
1991 | TVT sold to Harris Allied in Florida, initially as a fully accountable division as Harris TVT. |
1993 | TVT was assimilated into Harris Broadcast, managed from the USA. It later moved to Huntingdon, where after a time it was closed down. |