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Use of the Philips circle pattern was in its test card broadcasts until 17 February 2001 between 12:00 AM and 06:00 AM (the next day, bTV started 24-hour transmissions), and 2 times a year during transmitter maintenance until 2013. The Philips circle pattern was also used in Hungary, [161] Belgium, [162] [163] Norway, [164] [165] and Sweden. [166]
Gerard Philips (1858–1942), founder. The Philips Company was founded in 1891, by Dutch entrepreneur Gerard Philips and his father Frederik Philips. Frederik, a banker based in Zaltbommel, financed the purchase and setup of an empty factory building in Eindhoven, where the company started the production of carbon-filament lamps and other electro-technical products in 1892.
It was at Cornick's urging that the first 200-watt (and later 400-watt) Hiwatt amps were produced. Pete Townshend, who worked with Reeves on the Sound City amps, also became a Hiwatt endorser. Hiwatt hired former band road manager Peter Webber, who demonstrated, promoted, and sold the company's amplifiers as quickly as they were built.