The Open IPTV Forum is marking its two-year anniversary by announcing four new members. D-Link Corp., DTS Digital, Dolby and SecureMedia have all joined the effort to develop open, end-to-end specifications for IPTV based on existing technologies and open standards.
”This latest membership announcement strengthens the existing representation from the network equipment and content security industries, and expands the scope of the Forum to include the two most well-known players in the digital audio business. We are delighted to have these additional members,” Yun Chao Hu, chair of the Open IPTV Forum.
The Open IPTV Forum brings together network operators, content providers, service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers and home and network infrastructure providers. The members of the Open IPTV Forum are working to develop open standards to streamline and accelerate deployments of IPTV technologies.
Existing members include companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, BBC, DT, Intel, LG, Telefonica, Swisscom and many others.
