Recordable DVD Council To Promote Recordable DVD Products By Launching A Worldwide Program

27-Aug-01

The Recordable DVD Council, a 66-member coalition of leading DVD technology developers and users, announced that it will launch a worldwide program to promote recordable DVD products complying with recording standards approved by the DVD Forum.""The main work of the Recordable DVD Council will be to encourage widespread acceptance of the three DVD Forum-specified standards, DVD-RAM, DVD-R and DVD-RW,"" said the Council's chairman, Mr. Bon-Guk Koo, Senior Corporate Advisor and former Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics. ""In the digital network era, products adopting recordable DVD format which includes both audio/video and PC-based devices, such as DVD recorders, DVD drives for PC use, recordable media and its applications, are expected to become very important business categories. The Council will make its chief targets industry outreach at major trade shows, information exchanges among Council members and discussions aimed at expanding the recordable DVD market. The worldwide program will feature the launch of a Council Web site, recruiting new members from all over the world and opening representative offices outside Japan in the near future.""The executive members of the Recordable DVD Council are Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic), Hitachi, Ltd., Toshiba Corporation, Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., JVC, AMC Co., Ltd. and Ritek Corporation. In addition, the Council's general membership numbers 58 companies. For more information, visit the Council's Web site at www.rdvdm.org.The Council was originally known as the Recordable DVD Meeting, but its name was changed to the Recordable DVD Council to reflect the ongoing nature of its mission and also its initiative to expand its membership to include other companies in the DVD business.Member ListExecutive Members (Eight Companies):Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic), Hitachi, Ltd., Toshiba Corporation, Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., JVC, AMC Co., Ltd. and Ritek CorporationGeneral Members (58 Companies):Aiwa Co, Ltd., Almedio Inc., Asaca Corporation, Asahi Kasei Microsystems Co., Ltd., BeAll Development, Inc., BLUE TEK CO., LTD, Canopus Co., Ltd., CMC Magnetics Corporation, CyberLink Inc., Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd., DVS Korea Co., Ltd, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Fujifilm Microdevices Co., Ltd., Fujitsu Ten Limited, Funai Electric Co., Ltd., General Electric Industrial, Inc., Hitachi Media Electronics Co., Ltd., Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc., Ikegami Tsushinki Co., Ltd., IMAGICA Corp., Intervideo Japan Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Kenwood Corporation, Kodak Japan Ltd., Konica Corporation, Kyokuto Boeki Kaisha, Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., MEDIKEN Inc., Memory-Tech Corporation, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd., Nippon Precision Circuits Inc., Oak Technology, Inc., Onkyo Corporation, Open Interface, Ltd., OPT Corporation, Optodisc Technology Corporation, OPTROM, Inc., Orion Electric Co., Ltd., Pulstec Industrial Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Seahan Media, Shibasoku Co., Ltd., Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd., SKC Co., Ltd, Sonic Solutions, TDK Corporation, TEAC Corporation, Teijin Chemicals Ltd., Teijin Limited, Texaz Instruments Japan Limited, The Technology of Electronics, Information & Communication Inc, Ulead Systems, Inc., Unaxis Japan Co., Ltd., Zoran Japan Corporation

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