Panasonic name. Matsushita is one of the world's largest consumer electronics manufacturers and has taken a leading role in bringing Digital Audio/Video to the consumer market, in such products as DVD and Digital Television (DTV).

Panasonic OWL's role is research and development of the software components for today's and tomorrow's digital video consumer goods. They are developing products to support the creation and delivery of multimedia content through optical disks, broadcasting and public networks. They are also researching and defining future directions for technology in these areas. As part of the Matsushita group, they work with many other R&D organizations to bring together next-generation hardware, operating systems and applications software to meet the needs of publishers and broadcasters in today's rapidly changing marketplace.