Sigma Electronics has been innovating high-quality, cost-effective products for television production, post-production and broadcasting since it began over a generation ago in 1976.

The company was founded by Mr. Oong Choi, who headed the team of talented engineers at RCA’s research and development facility in Lancaster, PA that created the CCD (charge-coupled device) chip in 1976. The CCD, one of the core technology developments of our age, is the basic imaging device used in every chip-equipped broadcast television camera, consumer camcorder, digital still camera and similar devices

Choi literally gave birth to the CCD: he designed and hand-crafted the three chips that, together, make CCD technology possible.

His dedication to innovation enabled Choi to found Sigma Electronics, a design and manufacturing company, and develop quality-driven, affordable devices such as the first solid-state sync generator that have been a mainstay of the broadcast and entertainment technology industries.

In 2002, Sigma chose to begin another phase of innovation with a new product roadmap that allowed the company to capitalize on its foundations of reliability and cost control while bringing customers a range of exciting new products and services. That new direction, including Sigma’s Octastream audio integration products and the S5000 Signal Management System, provides a bridge between the analog audio past and digital present, and the development of even newer technologies for our digital future.

At the 2004 NAB Convention in Las Vegas, the entertainment technology press recognized the company’s passion for innovation. Sigma was honored with TV Technology’s NAB 2004 Star award for its OctaStream product line, and its OctaSplice technology demonstration was awarded DigitalTV-Television Broadcast’s Editors' Pick of Show award.

Sigma will continue to develop innovative, award-winning technology for the broadcast and entertainment communities of today and tomorrow.