Televes

thumb thumb Televés is a Spanish company dedicated to the design, fabrication, and commercialization of telecommunications equipment for buildings and homes. Its historic specialty is the reception and distribution of radio and television signals. The origin of the company is linked to the birth of television in Spain. Televés was founded in 1958 as a small antenna manufacturing workshop. Its founders were Ricardo Bescansa, Amador Beiras and Domingo Carrascal. The headquarters of the company are in Santiago de Compostela.

While maintaining its core business of manufacturing equipment for the reception, distribution and analysis of radio and television signals, the company has diversified into businesses such as professional lighting with LED technology, audiovisual services through fiber optic and wireless networks for hotels and buildings in the hospitality industry, and high-capacity low-latency wavelength-division multiplexing optical transport networks and technological solutions for the health care sector. Televés is a multinational corporation comprising around twenty companies, with 11 international subsidiaries in Portugal, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Poland, Scandinavia, Russia, the United States, China, and the United Arab Emirates. Through an extensive distributor network, the company delivers its products to more than 100 countries on five continents. In 2021, it recorded sales of €212 million and employed more than 800 people. Since 1995 it has been part of DVB, an international consortium of companies that promotes digital television technology standards.