Learn more why your company should become an IMDA member.
Membership Benefits
- Jointly promote the idea of Internet radios to retailers and consumers
- Developing the market for Internet radios and the sales of associated products
- Influence the direction of the internet radio industry – be a part of it
- Non-members will simply stand by and watch it happen!
- Stay informed of market trends and future developments
- Ensuring member’s products remain leading-edge and fully interoperable
- Participation in committee and general assembly meetings
- Early access to and ability to influence draft technical specifications
- Profiles and standards
- Opportunity to meet and network with other members
- Meet with significant CE brands and key broadcasters and service partners
- Understand common issues and requirements
- Understand their various business models
- Develop and implement joint promotional activities
Key benefits for every IMDA member are professional networking with all stakeholders of the Internet Media Ecosystem as well as being at the forefront of evolving standards and technologies.
Who Should Join?
- Retailers
- Radio Broadcasters
- Content Aggregators
- Online Music Service Providers
- Device Manufacturers and Technology Providers
» One stop shop for ensuring accurate and complete listings on all IMDA member products including knowledge base on IMDA member device capabilities and features
» Access to device partners
» Ensure full interoperability between broadcast and receiver
» Opportunity to develop new business models specific to platform and device capabilities
» Global forum across the value chain to develop next generation display of rich metadata and interaction around content
» Opportunity for content providers and device makers to receive detailed statistics on content usage through IMDA member devices
» IMDA technical committees: influence the standards and use them to improve your products use of technical standards for your product definition and development
» IMDA marketing committees: participate in the IMDA promotional activities
» Use IMDA trademarked product category names and descriptions promotion of your products
» Certification/logo program: obtain IMDA certification & logo use for your products
» Provide assurance and a common understanding to retailers, broadcasters & content providers
» Access to IMDA roadmap to see where the industry is going
» Access to broadcast partners
The IMDA is broad in scope and the only forum that brings together all the stakeholders in the Internet Media Ecosystem. Thus the IMDA is the key organization for development and harmonization for the distribution of media over Internet technologies.
Membership Types
FULL MEMBER
Membership costs: – $10K per annum
This entitles you to:
- Participate in all IMDA activities
- Participate in Technical Committee and Plenary meetings of the IMDA
- Voting rights and opportunity to field a member for the Steering Committee
- Delegate representatives and contribution to all Working Groups
- Submit written motions to the IMDA Steering Committee to be dealt with at the next Plenary meeting
- Receive information on the activities of the IMDA and their outcome and have access to all documents relating to such activities.
- Right to display IMDA logo on end their end products following certification and formal approval from IMDA
ASSOCIATE MEMBER
Membership costs: – $2K per annum
This entitles you to:
- Participate in Plenary meetings of the IMDA
- Participate in all events organized by the IMDA
- Submit written motions to the Steering Committee to be dealt with at the next Plenary meeting
- Review and comment on technical specs prior to their adoption
- Receive up-to-date information on the activities of the IMDA and their outcome
- Right to display IMDA logo on end their end products following certification and formal approval from IMDA
Note: Associate Members are not entitled to:
- Vote at meetings
- Participate in Working Groups unless they are called upon by the Steering Board to do so in view of the substantial contribution expected from such representatives
HOW TO JOIN?
You are just three steps away …
- Complete the online form and return it to claudia.jablonski@imdalliance.org
- When we receive your online form, we will send you a Membership Agreement to review, along with an invoice
- Upon receipt of signed agreement and fee, your membership will be activated
IMDA request for information - If you are interested in joining the IMDA, use the IMDA’s online form.Thank you for your interest in IMDA membership!
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