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Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)
Offices: Los Angeles, California
The Independent Film & Television Alliance
was established in 1980 as the American
Film Marketing Association (AFMA). Its first
members were a group of distributors and
sales agents whose main goal was to expand
the independent film business by creating
a world-class trade show, the American Film
Market (AFM). Today, the association has
evolved into the trade association for the
independent film and television industry
worldwide, while the AFM concurrently has
become the largest international film market
in the world. |
International Academy of Digital Arts &
Sciences (IADAS)
Offices: San Francisco, California
IADAS was founded in 1998 to help drive
the creative, technical, and professional
progress of the Internet and evolving forms
of interactive media. In the model
of the film, television, and the recording
industries, the purposes of The Academy
are: to recognize and acknowledge excellence
in interactive content across emerging technologies;
to connect a diverse group of luminaries
to facilitate growth and development in
the digital arts and sciences; and to educate
industry professionals and the public-at-large
about what is relevant, making technology
accessible and integrating it into the general
culture. |
International Academy of Television Arts
& Sciences (IATAS)
Offices: New York, New York
IATAS was founded in 1969 to promote excellence
in international television and is the organization
that awards International Emmys to the best
television programs produced outside the
US It is part of the National Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences; however, it
operates under its own Board of Directors
with a global focus. Every November, The
International Academy produces the iEMMYs
Festival and International Emmy Awards Gala
in New York City. The iEMMYs Festival screens
the current year International Emmy nominated
programs with producers and directors in
attendance. |
International Disk Duplicating Association
(IDDA)
Offices: San Francisco, , California;
Boston, Massachusetts; North Sydney,
Australia & Oxford, England
The IDDA, with over 160 members worldwide,
and representing the interests of many thousands
of optical disc duplicators, acts as a forum
for organizations involved in the business
of commercial recording onto recordable
media formats, including CD-R and DVD-/+R.
The IDDA works with suppliers on meeting
the needs of the members, and promoting
technologies that can lead to growth of
the Disc Duplicating Industry. The IDDA
has concerned itself with ethics, definitions,
media royalty charges, media quality, disc
printing solutions, copy protection and
equipment reliability. |
International Recording Manufacturers Association
(IRMA)
Offices: Princeton, New Jersey
IRMA is a worldwide trade association encompassing
organizations involved in every facet of
recording media. Their membership includes
raw material providers, manufacturers, replicators,
duplicators, packagers, copyright holders,
and many other related industries. Beginning
with the introduction of the audiocassette,
through the home video revolution, and right
up to the current digital and electronic
delivery era, IRMA has always been the organization
companies have turned to for news, networking,
market research, information services, and
leadership. |
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Los Angeles Press Club
Offices: Los Angeles, California
The Los Angeles Press Club has a history
of great traditions going back to the turn
of the Twentieth century. In its present
form, the club has existed since 1946 and
proudly survives without having raised the
dues since 1962. Reflecting more than 50
years of tradition, they have been in the
spotlight with such events as their annual
Southern California Journalism Awards and
a Gubernatorial Recall debate. Their monthly
"Third Thursday" receptions are regularly
attended by well over 100 people. |
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Magazine Publishers of America (MPA)
Offices: New York, New York
MPA is the industry association for consumer
magazines. Established in 1919, the MPA
represents more than 240 domestic publishing
companies with approximately 1,400 titles,
more than 80 international companies and
more than 100 associate members. The Magazine
Publishers of America is staffed by magazine
industry specialists. |
Media & Entertainment Services Alliance
(MESA)
Offices: New York, New York
The mission of the Media & Entertainment
Services Alliance is to o support service
providers in building efficiencies in the
creation, production and distribution of
physical and digital media and entertainment;
to foster end-to-end collaboration among
entertainment service providers, their customers
and trading partners; and, to provide tangible
benefits to members including: market intelligence,
research initiatives, industry advocacy
and collaborative workgroups. |
Media Financial Management Association (MFM)
Offices: Northfield, Illinois
The Media Financial Management Association
provides education, networking, information,
and signature products to meet the diverse
needs of financial and business professionals
in the media industry throughout the US
and Canada. MFM’s Broadcast Cable Credit
Association (BCCA) subsidiary functions
as a central clearinghouse for credit information
on advertisers, agencies and buying services,
both locally and nationally. |
Media Rating Council (MRC)
Offices: New York, New York
A non-profit industry association whose
members consist of the blue chip companies
of their industry... including television
and radio broadcasters, cable-casters, print
organizations, advertisers, Internet organizations,
advertising agencies and industry trade
associations. The MRC charter is to maintain
audience research confidence and credibility
with the goal of securing for the industry
audience measurement services that are valid,
reliable and effective. The MRC was formed
in 1964 at the urging of the US Congress. |
MEDIA TECH
Offices: Orlando, Florida
The MEDIA-TECH Association serves every
facet of the optical and removable storage
media manufacturing industry, spanning the
range from all current formats of optical
discs and magnetic media to future formats
such as ultra high density optical discs,
holographic storage media, and smart cards.
The Association provides the industry with
a program of trade shows and conferences
where the exchange of ideas can take place,
along with the demonstration of the latest
in technology—from services to equipment. |
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
Offices: Washington, DC
The Motion Picture Association of America
serves as the voice and advocate of the
American motion picture, home video and
television industries. Its members include
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Studios, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures
Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film
Corporation, Universal City Studios, and
Warner Bros. Entertainment. |
MPEG Industry Forum
Offices: Fremont, California
The MPEG Industry Forum is a not-for-profit
organization with the following goal: To
further the adoption of MPEG Standards,
by establishing them as well accepted and
widely used standards among creators of
content, developers, manufacturers, providers
of services, and end users. The activities
of MPEGIF generally start where MPEG stops.
This includes issues that MPEG cannot deal
with, e.g. because of ISO rules, such as
clearance of patents. |
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