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Alphabetical List

AAF Association, Inc. (AAF)
Develops and Promotes File Interchange Formats, including the Advanced Authoring Format
aHIT!
Documents interoperability requirements for IP Telephony and Multimedia applications
British Interactive Multimedia Association (BIMA)
Represents and promotes the UK interactive and digital media industry
Digital Audio Visual Counsel (DAVIC)
Promoted audio-visual interoperable standards before closure in 1999
Digital Data Exchange (DDEX)
Develops and promotes transaction standards to support digital distribution of music and other digital content.
DVD Copy Control Association, The (DVD CCA)
Licenses the Content Scramble System (CSS) to manufacturers of DVD hardware, discs and related products
HAVi
Promotes a network architecture for Home Audio Video Interoperability
Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)
Promotes interactive media to increase market share
International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC)
Promotes packet-based network technologies and markets
Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA)
Creates specifications to enable streaming rich media over the Internet
Khronos Group
Develops open standards APIs
MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF)
Promotes the MPEG-4 standard
Multimedia Communications Forum (MMCF)
Supports multimedia communications architectures and solutions
Multimedia Mobile Access Communications Systems Promotion Council (MMAC-PC)
Seeks to enable high-speed wireless multimedia
Universal Transportable Memory Association (UTMA)
Promotes growth and adoption of flash memory cards
WiMedia Alliance
Promotes wireless connectivity and interoperability