Over 20 Companies Join Taiwan Blu-ray Disc Consortium

More than 20 companies have joined the Taiwan Blu-ray Disc Consortium, a special interest group, under the Taiwan Information Storage Association, formed by Taiwan-based companies involved in the BD market. The consortium includes makers of Blu-ray optical disc drives (such as Lite-On IT), optical discs (such as CMC Magnetics and Ritek), IC design and components, which hope to join forces to negotiate better licensing terms for producing BD-related products.