[MPEGIF News] MPEGIF Master Class "The New World of Digital Television" April 19, 2009

MPEGIF Master Class "The New World of Digital Television" 

at NAB 2009

MPEGIF and Open IPTV Forum presenting 7 keynotes and 4 panel sessions on
April 19, 2009

 

Fremont, California, March 10 2009 - The MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF), the
largest advocacy group for MPEG technologies in the world, in cooperation
with the Open IPTV Forum, are presenting a full day MPEGIF Master Class
titled "The New World of Digital Television" at NAB 2009, on Sunday, 19
April, 2009 between 10am and 5.30pm in the Las Vegas Convention Centre, Room
S228. This unique conference will bring together industry experts
representing the most influential players in next generation video
entertainment, multimedia and standards-based video delivery.

 

This years' MPEGIF Master Class at NAB will tackle a broad range of
technology, business and regulatory issues in relation to the transition
from analogue to digital television though the participation of prominent
executives from international, pioneering industry players who will speak
and exchange their views and experiences, both good and bad, as to how
digital Television is created, delivered and monetized. In addition, the
Open IPTV Forum will provide insights into the way in which standards for
end to end IPTV ecosystems can benefit operators and their business models.
Four sessions will be presented throughout the day titled:

 

*        The World in Transition

*        New Technologies for New Services

*        Revenue Generation versus Regulation in the New Digital World

*        The Standards Based Ecosystems

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

*	Robert Clasen - Chairman & CEO, Starz, LLC
*	Oleg Kolesnikov - Technical Director, NTV+
*	Roderick Snell - Founder, Snell & Wilcox
*	Bob Luff - CTO, Nielsen
*	Kay Johansson -  CTO, MobiTV
*	Shelly Palmer -  Managing Director, Advanced Media Ventures Group &
Host of MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer
*	Yun Chao Hu - Chairman Open IPTV Forum

 

PANELISTS:

*	Robert Clasen - Chairman & CEO, Starz, LLC
*	Hanno Basse - VP, Broadcast Systems Engineering, DIRECTV Inc.
*	Alvaro Gazzolo - President & CEO, IPTV Americas
*	Oleg Kolesnikov - Technical Director, NTV+
*	Roderick Snell - Founder, Snell & Wilcox
*	Randy Hank - Video & Planning Chief of Staff, AT&T
*	David Gillies - CEO, Isis Digital
*	Jim Kutzner - Chief Engineer, Public Broadcasting Service
*	Bob Luff - CTO, Nielsen
*	Kay Johansson - CTO, MobiTV
*	Shelly Palmer - Managing Director, Advanced Media Ventures Group &
Host of MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer
*	Allen Harkness - Director, Licensing, MPEG LA
*	Yun Chao Hu - Chairman Open IPTV Forum
*	Scott Lofgren - Product Manager, Industry Standards and Initiatives,
Intel Corporation
*	Stephen Christian - VP Marketing, Verimatrix
*	Lieven Vermaele - Director, EBU Technical and EBU IT Services

This MPEGIF Master Class will be chaired by:

*	Sebastian Moeritz, President, MPEGIF / CEO, dicas
*	David Price, Vice President, MPEGIF / Vice President, Harmonic
*	Monika Gadhammar, Vice Chair Open IPTV Forum Marketing Workgroup

To view the complete agenda and speaker bios, please visit: 

http://www.mpegif.org/exhibitions/NAB2009/agendaNAB.php 

 

To register, please click here:
http://www.nabshow.com/2009/education/mpegif.asp

 

About NAB 2009

The NAB ShowT is the world's largest broadcast, audio & video event and your
most comprehensive resource for next-generation training and tools. From
conception to consumption, the NAB Show has proudly served for more than 80
years as the incubator for excellence - helping to breathe life into content
everywhere. Join more than 100,000 content professionals from 163 countries
who attend every year to experience the technologies that drive the entire
eco-system of electronic media.  Exhibit at the NAB Show and reach key
buyers seeking solutions to create, manage or distribute content across
multiple platforms. 

 

 

About MPEGIF

The MPEG Industry Forum (www.mpegif.org), the world's largest advocacy group
for MPEG technologies, represents around 40 international companies and
organizations from diverse industries and promotes the adoption of MPEG
standards. MPEGIF, founded in 2000, has played a significant role in
facilitating the widespread adoption and deployment of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, the
Emmy-Award winning video compression technology, as the industry's video
compression standard powering next generation television and most mainstream
content delivery as well as consumption applications including packaged
media. MPEGIF, with more than 2500 people subscribed to its mailing lists,
serves as a single point of information on technology, products and services
for these standards, offers interoperability testing, a conformance program,
marketing activities and is present at international trade shows and
conferences. 

 

MPEGIF is also running the MPEGIF Logo Qualification Program, which is
designed to help guide interoperability among products and technology. The
program, based on a self-certification process, is free of charge and open
to all companies using MPEG technology, not just members of MPEGIF although,
membership is encouraged. Qualified products have the right to display the
MP4 Qualification Mark and also list their status in their documentation,
literature, and advertising. They will also have their product listed in the
MPEGIF Product Directory (http://logo.mpegif.org). 

 

About Open IPTV Forum:

The Open IPTV Forum is a pan-industry initiative with the purpose of
producing end to end specifications for IPTV that will take the next
generation of IPTV to the mass market. The Forum is fully open to
participation across the communications and entertainment industries. 

 

Today the Open IPTV Forum has 37 members that have joined the effort to
develop this "tool", an open, end to end specification for IPTV based upon
existing technologies and open standards that could help to streamline and
accelerate deployments of IPTV technologies and help to maximize the
benefits of IPTV for consumers, network operators, content providers,
service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers and home and network
infrastructure providers.

 

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Media Contact: Nicola Wissler, MPEG Industry Forum Coordinator,
+1.510.492.4028, nicola.wissler-8/[email protected]   

 

 

MPEGIF is managed by Association Management Solutions: www.amsl.com
<http://www.amsl.com/>  

 

 

 

Nicola Wissler

Association Specialist

MPEG Industry Forum

48377 Fremont Blvd., Suite 117

Fremont,  CA 94538

Phone: 510-492-4028

Fax: 510-492-4001

Email: nicola.wissler-8/[email protected] 

www.mpegif.org

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