Thomson provides technology, services, and systems and equipment to help its media & entertainment clients – content creators, content distributors and users of its technology – realize their business goals and optimize their performance in a rapidly changing technology environment. The Group is the preferred partner to the media & entertainment industries through its Technicolor, Grass Valley, RCA and Thomson brands.

A Thomson Multimedia license must be signed by Tensilica MP3 customers before Tensilica's customers can distribute MP3 application software packages with their Diamond Standard 330HiFi core or Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine to their customers.