[[image:RCA_Indian_Head_test_pattern.JPG|thumb|left|150|A television test pattern, developed by RCA in the first half of the 20th century.]]'''RCA''', formerly Radio Corporation of America, is an [[American]] [[electronics]] [[corporation]] responsible for the early commercialization of [[television]] and other popular devices on the mass market. RCA continues to be a market force today.
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[[image:RCA_Indian_Head_test_pattern.JPG|thumb|right|150|A television test pattern, developed by RCA in the first half of the 20th century.]]'''RCA''', formerly '''Radio Corporation of America''', is a trademark brand owned by [[France|French]] communications company Technicolor SA. Its now-defunct predecessor, the original RCA, was responsible for the early commercialization of [[television]] and other popular devices on the mass market. RCA was acquired and subsequently absorbed into [[General Electric]] in 1986.
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The RCA brand is now licensed to multiple companies for use on electronics such as television sets, audio/video equipment, computers and appliances. RCA was also the former owner of television network and former radio network [[NBC]]. In addition, it formerly owned the RCA Records label, which is now under the ownership of Sony Music.