Tech Titans Promise a Digital-Content Standard

September 16th, 2008

The digital-content landscape could look very different in the months ahead if a group of more than 20 companies has its way.The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), a consortium that includes seemingly all the major players except Apple, officially announced Monday plans to define and build a new digital-media framework using industry standards. The goal is to allow consumers to acquire and play content across a wide range of services and devices.

The DECE is anchored by Alcatel-Lucent, Best Buy, Cisco, Comcast, Fox Entertainment Group, HP, Intel, Lionsgate, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Paramount Pictures, Philips, Sony, Toshiba, VeriSign and Warner Bros. The consortium hopes to clarify what it calls growing consumer confusion about buying, downloading and playing digital content.

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