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Originally Posted by Nuvistor
From memory the Ferranti and Invicta labels lasted till late 60’s possibly early 70’s and then phased out and left just the Pye/Ekco labels. Probably trying to keep costs down with fewer cabinet designs.
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The Ferranti name was dropped after the dual standard colour TV range.
Invicta continued into the 1970s, but later, it was dropped in favour of Ekco, as the Pye Group's wholesale brand.
Later, the Ekco brand was also dropped.
After Pye Ltd (the radio, audio and TV business) was transferred to Philips control (with the arrival of the G11 CTV chassis), the Pye sales office moved from Cambridge to Philips City House Croydon HQ,