Internet Media Device Alliance, Inc.

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is the core body of the Internet Media Device Alliance and responsible for the strategic alignment of the whole organisation. The SC also has to prioritize the tasks of its subordinated committees and working groups and overseas the operational and financial management of the IMDA.

The SC is comprised of elected representatives from IMDA member organisations and meets quarterly.  The current SC members are:

• Prabhat SINGH (Analog Devices)
• Olivier CARMONA (AwoX)
• Alan OGILVIE (BBC)
• Peter MACAVOCK (EBU)
• Jan NORDMANN (Fraunhofer)
• DirkJan DATEMA (Radio Netherlands)
• Michael REICHERT (SWR)
• Harry JOHNSON (vTuner)

Steering Committee Charter - IMDA Steering Committee Charter
 

Technical Committee

The Technical Committee is the central body for the development of standards and other technical evolutions in the IMDA. To organize the high workload, the TC assigns working groups for certain work packages. It coordinates, discusses and counsels its assigned working groups in every step of their work. Thus the TC ensures that receiver capabilites and backend technologies are compatible and that the IMDA doesn’t create standards which already exist elsewhere.

The TC is comprised of representatives from IMDA member organisations and meets quarterly.

Technical Committee Charter - IMDA Technical Committee Charter
 

Metadata working group

The Metadata working group is currently the most important working group of the TC. It developed and published the IMDA Service Identification for Broadcasters & Aggregators in an attempt to standardise the industry of Internet Radio, in the first instance, and establish a working framework for future media services.

This framework is currently being extended to incorporate additional services for the benefit of internet radio listener (e.g. EPG, live text info, slideshow).

The related documents of the IMDA Service Identification can be found here.

Central Discovery Service working group

The Central Discovery Service working group works alongside the Metadata working group, to give broadcasters an easy-to-use way of sending notifications to a central entity (the CDS) around changes in their metadata. Such notifications will then be automatically forwarded to every registered aggregator.

That’s why the CDS is the second cornerstone for the harmonization of the exchange of metadata and additional services for the benefit of internet radio listeners.

Receiver Profiles working group

Within the Receiver Profiles working group, the IMDA tries to break all the different technologies in the Internet Media ecosystem down to a set of logical modules. Receiver manufacturers can certificate their devices to show their compatibility with the Internet media ecosystem.

The IMDA’s Device Profiles and Certification documents can be found here.

Marketing Committee

The main objective of the Marketing Committee is to promote the work of the IMDA and to encourage a marketing culture among members. The MC is also responsible for the organisation and operation of marketing events such as showcases, presentations and the annual summits in America and Europe.