Member Companies
As of June 2011, there are 26 promoter members and 199 contributor members. The promoter members are: ACCESS, AT&T Labs, Awox, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Comcast, DIRECTV, Dolby Laboratories, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, Huawei, Intel, LG Electronics, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Promise Technology, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, Sharp Corporation, Sony Electronics, Technicolor, and Verizon.
Apple is not a member. Apple uses its own Digital Audio Access Protocol instead of DLNA's UPnP protocols.
DLNA is run by a board of directors consisting of 9 members. There are 8 permanent representatives from the following companies: Broadcom, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, Panasonic, Samsung Electronics, Sony Electronics, Technicolor and one elected representative selected by the promoter members.
The board of directors oversees the activity of the four following committees:
- Ecosystem Committee, planning the future development of DLNA guidelines
- Compliance & Test Committee, overseeing the certification program and its evolutions
- Marketing Committee, actively promoting DLNA worldwide
- Technical Committee, writing the DLNA guidelines
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