Pioneer Corporation
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Building in which Pioneer headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo
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| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Founded |
Tokyo, Japan (1938) |
| Founder | Nozomu Matsumoto |
| Headquarters | 28-8, Honkomagome 2-chome, Bunkyō, Tokyo 113-0021, Japan, Japan |
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Key people
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Susumu Kotani (President) |
| Products | Car audio and automotive navigation systems, Televisions (CRT Lens and Plasma, former product), PC DVD drives including PC DVD recorders, "set-top" DVD players and DVD recorders, Misc. DJ equipment |
| Revenue |
 797 billion Yen (2007) |
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12.5 billion Yen (2007) |
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| Profit |
 6.7 billion Yen (2007) |
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Number of employees
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22,193 (2014) |
| Website |
Pioneer Corporation (Japan) Pioneer global network |
| Pioneer Karaoke Channel 先鋒卡拉OK頻道 |
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| Launched | January 1996 |
| Network | Pioneer Corporation (Japan) Astro (Malaysia) |
| Owned by | Pioneer Corporation (Japan) Astro (Malaysia) |
| Picture format |
SDTV (480i 4:3) PAL (576i 4:3) |
| Slogan | The Art of Entertainment |
| Country |
Malaysia Hong Kong Singapore Taiwan Japan South Korea Thailand Italy |
| Language |
Teochew (Malaysia) Chinese (Singapore) Cantonese (Hong Kong) Taiwanese (Taiwan) Japanese (Japan) Korean (South Korea) Thai (Thailand) |
| Broadcast area | Southeast Asia |
| Headquarters |
Malaysia: Klang Valley Selangor |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
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Astro (Malaysia) |
Channel 61 |
Pioneer Corporation (パイオニア株式会社 Paionia Kabushiki-kaisha?) commonly referred to as Pioneer, is a Japanese multinational corporation that specializes in digital entertainment products, based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded by Nozomu Matsumoto in 1938 in Tokyo as a radio and speaker repair shop, and its current president is Susumu Kotani.
Pioneer played a role in the development of interactive cable TV, the Laser Disc player, the first automotive Compact Disc player, the first detachable face car stereo, Supertuner technology, DVD and DVD recording, plasma display (branded as Kuro), and Organic LED display (OLED). The company works with optical disc and display technology and software products and is also a manufacturer. Sharp Corporation took a 14% stake in Pioneer in 2007, which has been reduced to 9%, but Sharp still remains the largest shareholder of Pioneer Corporation, followed by Honda Motor Co., Ltd. who owns roughly 4% of Pioneer shares following a memorandum between the two companies in 2010 to strengthen business ties.
In March 2010, Pioneer stopped producing televisions, announced on 12 February 2009. On June 25, 2009, Sharp Corporation agreed to form a joint venture on their optical business to be called Pioneer Digital Design and Manufacturing Corporation. In September 2014, Pioneer agreed to sell Pioneer Home Electronics (Home A/V) to Onkyo, and in March 2015, Pioneer sold its DJ equipment business division to KKR, which resulted in the establishment of Pioneer DJ as a separate entity, independent of Pioneer.
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