[QuadList] can anyone add info on telemation productions

[Bill Carpenter]

Hi Ed,

Has the history of Telemation been discussed in this area, prior to 1971? 

That product wheel was moderately successful in the early days of "local 
origination" for early cable systems in the late 60's.

Does anyone remember Lyle Keyes and Robert Bacon?

Has the name Chuck Pieffer been brought up by anyone?

I think I know who did the original design of this facility.

I believe I wrote part of the spec's for the start of this place in a bar one in 
night in the Chicago Area. 


Bye for now, Bill Carpenter






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Phoenix office.....    any more info  folks?  who  did they buy?
 
Telemation Productions was started as a marketing tool by Telemation Inc. in  
the early 1970s. It started as a single office located in Glenview Illinois, a  
suburb of Chicago. In 1978 a second office was opened in Denver Colorado. Also  
in 1978, the television equipment manufacturing operation was sold to Bell &  
Howell. At that time, Telemation Inc. owned only the two production facilities  
and the manufacturing building in Salt Lake City which was leased to Bell &  
Howell. In 1979 Telemation acquired a production facility in Seattle and  
re-named it Telemation Productions. In the early 1980s telemation acquired a  
facility in Phoenix, AZ also re-naming it Telemation Productions. Also in the  
early 1980s Telemation Productions added a Distribution Division located in  
Chicago which provided duplication and shipping services to advertising agencies  
and a mobile division equipped with a television remote truck. Telemation 
Productions ownership changed in 1987 and again in 1990 with the Home Shopping  
Network buying the company. The Phoenix office and distribution division were  
sold in 1989 prior to the acquision by the Home Shopping Network. The remote  
truck was sold in 1990. The Seattle office was closed in 1991, the Chicago  
office was closed in 1993, and the Denver office the following year.
Thanks,

Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC

See the Museum's Web Site at www.smecc.org 


      
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