Industry membership
Amino is a member of a number of key industry organisations and standards bodies. As active participants, we seek to share our experience and expertise to help drive forward our industry.
Digital Living Network AllianceSM began in 2003 when a collection of companies from around the world agreed that they all made better products when those products were compatible.
The Digital TV Group is the industry association for digital television in the UK. It is independent, platform neutral and technology agnostic.
The Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB) is an industry-led consortium of over 270 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators, software developers, regulatory bodies and others in over 35 countries committed to designing open technical standards for the global delivery of digital television and data services. Services using DVB standards are available on every continent with more than 170 million DVB receivers deployed.
The IABM is the industry association that represents broadcast and media technology suppliers worldwide. The association's aim is to identify and promote the interests of its 250+ members, who themselves represent more than 80% of the global value of the industry, and to provide benefits and services which enhance their business performance.
MPEGIF is an independent and platform neutral not-for-profit organisation facilitating and furthering the widespread adoption and deployment of MPEG and related standards in next generation digital media services. It provides a forum to exchange information and views on technological, economic and regulatory issues that are relevant to these services. It also provides a powerful industry voice advocating the adoption of standards and consolidating the direction of the industry in the time of transition from analogue to digital television and media services. Its focus and constituency is derived from cable, satellite, telecommunication and new media service operators, channel owners, content providers, broadcasters, equipment manufacturers, system integrators, software providers, as well as industry advocacy groups, industry analysts, financial institutions and academic institutes.
The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA), "the voice of rural telecommunications," is the premiere non-profit association representing more than 580 small and rural telephone cooperatives and commercial companies.
OPASTCO is an industry leader in rural telecom policy, technical issues, member-run committees, education, knowledge-sharing, and networking. Members enjoy unparalleled access to OPASTCO staff that have the regulatory, legislative and technical expertise necessary to navigate today?s telecom world.
The Open IPTV Forum is fully open to participants from across the communications and entertainment industries, and 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 together on the development of open standards because they recognise that combining the expertise of all involved will help to streamline and accelerate deployments of IPTV technologies. Their aim is to take the next generation of IPTV into a mass market service and maximise the benefits of IPTV for consumers as well as the industry.