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| | Appendix C: Graphics Communication Laboratories (GCL) |
 | | The chairman of GCL is Kazuhiko Nishi and its President is Toshio Otake. |
 | | It is GCL's policy to follow standards (MPEG, MHEG, SG15, The ATM Forum, DAVIC, and corresponding domestic committees relevant to multimedia services and applications); to harmonize with application trends; and to be the first company to develop certain new technologies, but without competing with technological developments at other companies in which the partners have invested. |
 | | The goals of GCL (at the time of foundation) were to create a "harmonized" format for storage and broadcasting and communication media, to create a digital HDTV or higher resolution Codec, and to develop an integrated media TV system. |
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