Editing Philips (section)

====Denmark====
[[File:Philips_TV_&_Test_Equipment_Amager.jpg|right|thumb|PTV Centre Amager 1964–1989]]
[[File:Philips_TV_&_Test_Equipment_Brøndby.jpg|right|thumb|PTV Centre Brøndby 1989–2001]]
Philips Denmark was founded in [[Copenhagen]] in 1927, and is now headquartered in [[Frederiksberg]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/3972924Z:DC |title=Philips Danmark A/S – Company Profile and News |website=Bloomberg |date= |accessdate=6 August 2022}}</ref>

In 1963, Philips established the Philips TV & Test Equipment laboratory in [[Amager]] (moved to [[Brøndby Municipality]] in 1989) which was where engineers Erik Helmer Nielsen and {{ill|Finn Hendil|da}} (1939–2011) created and developed some of Philips' most iconic television [[test card]]s, such as the monochrome [[Philips PM5540|PM5540]] and the colour [[Philips PM5544|PM5544]] and [[TVE test card]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=13293 |title=PTV, Philips TV Test Equipment; Brøndby manufacturer in DK |language=de |website=Radiomuseum |date= |accessdate=6 August 2022 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806143811/https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=13293 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kulturstyrelsen.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/dokumenter/medier/Tv/Generelt/Fjernsynets_historie_Erling_Madsen_BFE.pdf|title=Fjernsynets historie fra 1926 til 2012 - og lidt efter ...|work=kulturstyrelsen.dk|accessdate=7 June 2015|archive-date=15 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115153233/http://www.kulturstyrelsen.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/dokumenter/medier/Tv/Generelt/Fjernsynets_historie_Erling_Madsen_BFE.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/spain/diario-de-cadiz/20200729/282952452526838 |title=Carta de ajuste para la cadena perpetua |language=es |via=PressReader|access-date=6 August 2022|archive-date=1 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001052709/https://www.pressreader.com/spain/diario-de-cadiz/20200729/282952452526838|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sevilla.abc.es/contenidopromocionado/2017/10/19/sabes-cuantos-anos-cumple-la-carta-ajuste-la-television/|title=¿Sabes cuántos años cumple la "carta de ajuste" de la televisión?|date=19 October 2017|website=Contenido Promocionado|access-date=6 August 2022|archive-date=11 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611214948/https://sevilla.abc.es/contenidopromocionado/2017/10/19/sabes-cuantos-anos-cumple-la-carta-ajuste-la-television/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1998 Philips TV & Test Equipment was spun off as ProTeleVision Technologies A/S and sold to PANTA Electronics B.V. which was owned by a consortium of investors led by [[Advent International]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=ProTeleVision Technologies|url=http://www.ptv.dk/|access-date=26 February 2023|website=ProTeleVision Technologies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980525073250/http://www.ptv.dk/|archive-date=25 May 1998|language=en-GB|url-status=dead}}</ref> ProTeleVision Technologies A/S was dissolved in 2001 with products transferring to [https://protelevision.com/ ProTelevision Technologies Corp A/S] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804012549/https://protelevision.com/ |date=4 August 2023}}, DK-Audio A/S (dissolved 2018) and AREPA Test & Calibration.