ECMA INTERNATIONAL APPROVES DVD+RW SPECIFICATION AS AN OFFICIAL STANDARD FOR DVD RECORDING

LAS VEGAS - ECMA International, a worldwide standards-setting organization for information and communications systems, has approved the DVD+RW specification as an official standard for DVD recording, the DVD+RW Alliance announced today.

"This vote affirms what we've seen in consumer markets over the past year," said Maureen Weber, worldwide chair of the DVD+RW Alliance's Product Promotions Group. "We've seen a rapid increase in market share for DVD+RW products, and expect the ECMA action will foster even broader adoption of the +RW format worldwide."

ECMA's member companies, which include some of the biggest names in the optical storage industry, voted overwhelmingly to approve the DVD+RW specification as ECMA Standard 337.

ECMA was formed in May 1961 to set standards, recognized worldwide, for information and communications systems.