The following chart provides brief descriptions of digital entertainment consortia.
| Table 1. Digital Entertainment Consortia | ||
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Organization or Agency |
Description |
Product Standards Regulated |
| Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) | The CEA promotes various consumer electronics standard specifications relating to market trend and future products. |
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| 802.11 | IEEE standards that define wireless “over-the-air” interfaces between wireless clients, or a wireless client and a basestation or access point. |
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| Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) | This committee defines standards for digital television, interactive systems, and broadband multimedia communications. The U.S. is one of several countries using ATSC standards for digital television broadcasts. |
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| Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) | This consortium defines standards for digital television, interactive systems, and broadband multimedia communications. Digital video broadcasting (DVB) standards are used in Europe, as well as other regions, for digital television broadcasts. |
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| Digital Display Working Group (DDWG) | This group defines standards for interfacing digital hosts to digital displays. Digital visual interface (DVI) is a popular standard that was defined by the DDWG. |
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| High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) | This interface was developed to support the transfer of uncompressed, all-digital audio and video between any audio/video source. |
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| Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) | MPEG is an International Standards Organization (ISO) committee that develops standards for coding and compressing digital audio and video. MPEG coding is the basis for technologies such as MP3, DVDs, and Internet streaming video. |
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| DVD Forum | The DVD forum develops standards for DVD products, including improvements and enhancements to current implementations. |
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| HAVi Organization | HAVi Organization promotes a network architecture for home audio and video equipment interoperability through a single firewire interface. |
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| IEEE 1394 | The IEEE 1394 defines a high-speed serial standard that provides flexible and cost-effective connections for real-time (isochronous) information between data-intensive applications such as audio/video equipment and PCs. |
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