Technicolor Digital Cinema Selects Digital Cinema Projector from NEC as Part of Alliance for Upcoming Beta Test

BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 13, 2006–Reinforcing its global leadership in digital cinema, Thomson (Euronext: 18453) (NYSE: TMS – News) today announced that its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, part of the Services division of Thomson, has selected the STARUS line of digital cinema projectors from the Digital Cinema Division of NEC Solutions (America), Inc. to include in its upcoming beta test of end-to-end digital cinema services. Technicolor Digital Cinema and NEC Solutions America have formed a strategic alliance to support and promote this initiative.