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The reason for HDMI’s success was that it had all the right players in the eco-system. These included motion picture producers like FOX and DISNEY, the system operators Direct TV and Dish Network and consumer electronics giants such as Toshiba, Philips and Sony. But what was restricting further growth (or competition) was the limited number of semiconductor suppliers “in the know” to serve this eco-system. In what one author termed as a “self serving synergy”, the HDMI specification would be developed behind closed doors, giving an edge to those privy to the latest specifications. The rest of the semiconductor competitors would hence be playing a catch up game.  Before the competition could get ready, the new revision to the specification would be released, and the cycle continued…