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-The Independent-
Offices: Brighton, England
TIGA’s overarching objective is to keep developers in the UK and Europe
at the heart of the global Games industry. The independent development sector
represents roughly half the number of people in development activity in
the UK, and a higher proportion in Europe. Independents are unique cross
fertilizers of development practice because they can develop for any publisher;
the other half working in development -some 3,000+ people are publisher
owned studios who can only work for that publisher.
Offices: New York, New York
Toy Industry Association, founded in 1916, is the national trade association
for US producers and importers of toys, games and children's entertainment
products. Its 300+ members account for 85 percent of industry sales; associate
members include toy testing laboratories, design firms and professional
inventors. Government, the trade, the media and consumers, recognizes TIA
as the authoritative voice of the US toy industry.
Offices: San Francisco, California
TRUSTe is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to enabling individuals
and organizations to establish trusting relationships based on respect for
personal identity and information in the evolving networked world. Founded
in 1997, TRUSTe runs an award-winning global privacy certification and seal
program. Its seal programs are considered Safe Harbors for the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the EU Safe Harbor Framework.
Today, TRUSTe maintains the largest privacy seal program with more than
1,400 web sites certified throughout the world including AOL, Microsoft,
IBM, Nationwide and The New York Times.-UPnP-
Offices: San Ramon, California
The UPnP Forum is a group of companies and individuals across multiple industries
that play a leading role in the authoring of specifications for UPnP devices
and services. Formed in June 1999, the Forum is an unincorporated entity
of more than 700 consumer electronics, computing, home automation, home
security, appliances, printing, photography, computer networking, mobile
products and other leading companies working together to design schema and
protocol standards for the UPnP initiative.-Video-
Offices: Encino, California
VSDA is committed to being the preeminent source of industry advocacy, policy
setting and research. VSDA pursues leadership and expertise in packaged
home entertainment while securing for its members opportunities to deliver
quality entertainment to consumers through new delivery systems, including
digital delivery. VSDA seeks out, evaluate, and promote new technologies
to help its members progress through innovation.-Women-
Offices: Seattle, Washington
Women In Games International works to promote the inclusion and advance
of women in the global games industry. They believe diversifying the game
development, media, academic and publishing industry, including a better
work/life balance and healthy working conditions. Women In Games International
was founded by a diverse group of industry leaders.-ZigBee-
Offices: San Ramon, California
The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable
reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and
control products based on an open global standard. Their goal is to provide
the consumer with ultimate flexibility, mobility, and ease of use by building
wireless intelligence and capabilities into every day devices. ZigBee technology
will be embedded in a wide range of products and applications across consumer,
commercial, industrial and government markets worldwide.
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