"The newly formed RVU Alliance is capturing the interest of a wide range of companies representing content service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers and technology firms," said Henry Derovanessian, chairman of the RVU Alliance board of directors. "We welcome other companies to look into the RVU technology and see what it can do for them."

Motorola's Home & Networks Mobility business designs, manufactures, sells, installs, and services digital and Internet Protocol (IP) video and broadcast network interactive set-top boxes, end-to-end video delivery systems, broadband access infrastructure platforms, and associated data and voice customer premise equipment to cable television and telecom service providers.

Humax made its successful entry into the digital set-top box market in 1997, and has been a major OEM supplier worldwide. Now, Humax is a recognized world leader in the category, exporting advanced set-top boxes to over 90 countries. With this experience as its foundation, Humax is entering into the Convergence consumer electronics market with digital TV and home media server products. "As today's home digital products continue to blur the lines with IT-related technologies, we are rapidly entering the era of Convergence consumer electronics," said Dr. Jong-Uk Kim, CTO at Humax. "This transition provides Humax with new and exciting opportunities. For Humax, our participation and leadership in the inevitable evolution towards Convergence consumer electronics means taking a proactive role in partnerships such as the RVU Alliance."

Thomson is a worldwide leader of services to content creators. "As an active supporter of global networking initiatives like DLNA and UPnP for the proliferation of content around the home, Thomson applauds the RVU Alliance for tackling the challenges inherent to providing a consistent user experience across an ever broadening range of devices and platforms, be they operator provided equipment or CE gear. We are proud to join its efforts," said Georges Laplanche, senior vice president of the Connect Division at Thomson.

Pace plc is a leading technology developer for the global pay TV industry, working across satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. Pace has one of the world's most experienced specialist engineering teams, developing intelligent and innovative products and services for both pay TV operators and retail markets across the world. "The RVU Alliance offers Pace an opportunity to participate and contribute in the development of new technologies and platforms that will support our customers with the strategic vision of their business. We are excited about RVU's role in developing what may be a groundbreaking enabler to deliver a rich user experience," said Mike Pulli, president of Pace Americas, Inc.

Entropic Communications is a leading provider of silicon for enabling home entertainment networking.