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Originally Posted by andy
The way I understood things, GE bought RCA in about 1986, then immediately sold RCA electronics, and their own consumer electronics branch to Thomson (no P). Thomson ran RCA for about 15-20 years, and also used the GE name for electronics. I'm fairly sure that RCA was completely dissolved a few years ago, and I don't think Thomson has anything to do with the brand any more. I haven't seen the GE name on a piece of new consumer electronics for a few years, and RCA is pretty much gone.
The RCA web site doesn't say much about who owns the brand now. They even have an "RCA history" page which implies they're still an independent company, and completely omits GE and Thomson. Digging into the customer service area reveals that they have been made by ON Corporation since April 2010. I can't find anything about ON Corporation.
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I remember when they changed the huge letters on the top of the RCA building (at Rockefeller Center in NYC) to "GE". I refused to refer to it as anything other than the RCA building (as did most everyone I knew).