[MPEGIF News] MPEGIF DIGEST September 2004

MPEGIF DIGEST September 2004

Dear MPEGIF News Readers,

We have to catch up a little with our news digest and will get back into a
regular routine from now on. Let us kick things off again with a quick look
back to  <http://www.ibc.org/> IBC 2004 in Amsterdam in this September
edition.

MPEGIF had a large presence again with  <http://www.dicas.de/> dicas,
<http://www.equator.com/> Equator Technologies,
<http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/index.html> Fraunhofer,
<http://www.infovalue.com/> Infovalue and  <http://www.wischip.com/> WIS
Technologies as participating members. All in all there were more than 30
MPEGIF member present at IBC with most of them demonstrating MPEG-4 AVC
products and services.

IBC 2004 also marked the official launch of MPEGIFs long awaited
<http://logo.mpegif.org/> Logo Qualification Program. The scene for that was
set in the  <http://www.m4if.org/exhibitions/IBC2004/IBC2004_Summary.php>
MPEGIF Super-Session (jointly organised with ISMA) titled "MPEG Technologies
- Setting New Standards", which took place during the show. Top executives
from Apple, Philips, Harmonic, Video Networks, O2, BBC, Tandberg, Equator
etc. gave their views on trends and technologies, shared experiences on
adoption and deployments.

In addition, there were more good news such as - German TV operator Premiere
announced that they will utilise MPEG-4 AVC for their HD channel; MPEG-4
High Efficiency AAC has been selected by 3GGPP as its codec of choice for
3G-delivered audio content. 

Please also have a look at our  <http://www.m4if.org/exhibitions/IBC2004/>
IBC show pages.

Kind regards,

Sebastian Moeritz
President, MPEGIF

IBC News

*	 <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3652402.stm> Europe lines up
for TV innovation [BBC News, 14 Sept 04] 

*
<http://www.reed-electronics.com/ednmag/article/CA452669?industryid=22043>
VIP boxes: Video-over-IP set-top devices debut [EDN.com, 14 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://skystream.com/press/2004/091104-mediaplex2_5.asp> SkyStream
Updates Mediaplex-20 Headend: Highest Density, Real-Time MPEG-4 Encoding
[SkyStream Networks, 11 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://skystream.com/press/2004/091104-zband4_5.asp> SkyStream
Networks Advances PUSH Media-on-Demand and Business TV with zBand ...
[SkyStream Networks, 11 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.eet.com/sys/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=47204232>
Koreans showcase mobile TV broadcast at IBC [EE Times, 11 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.envivio.com/news/news/040909_hd_h264.html> Envivio
Demonstrates High Definition (HD) MPEG-4 H.264 (AVC) Solution [Envivio,
Inc., 09 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.mpegable.com/show/news(42).html> Equator and dicas to
Demonstrate MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Decoder on the BSP-15 Processor at IBC 2004
[dicas, 09 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.ateme.com/Press/pr_H.264_2004_09.htm> H.264: ATEME's
offer [Ateme, 08 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.vqual.biz/News_pr.html#Sep2004Tek_partnership>
Tektronix and Vqual partnership launch at IBC [Vqual, 08 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.ateme.com/Press/pr_ATEME_VCON_IBC_2004_09.htm> ATEME
and VCON Partner to Deliver a Video Telephony Reference Design for TV
Set-top Box and IP Phone [ATEME, 08 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.ateme.com/Press/pr_Ateme_Jaluna_IBC_2004_09.html>
Jaluna and Ateme to showcase a single-DSP architecture [ATEME, 08 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.ateme.com/Press/pr_Ateme_Kreatel_2004_09.html> Kreatel
to use Ateme's H.264 and WM9T [ATEME, 08 Sept 04] 

*
<http://www.mayah.com/content/download/pdfs/special/MayahMesseflyer1.pdf>
New MAYAH Audio and Video Codec Products at IBC [Mayah, 08 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/pub_rel/presse/2004/mpeg4/>
Fraunhofer IIS MPEG-4 AVC and HE-AAC SW for Download [Fraunhofer IIS, 08
Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.mpegable.com/show/news(41).html> dicas showing off
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 solutions at IBC 2004 [dicas, 07 Sept 04] 

*
<http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA447698?display=Breaking+News>
Harmonic Bringing New Gear to IBC2004 [Multichannel News, 25 Aug 04]

September News

*	 <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/29/3gpp_picks_he-aac/> 3G
chiefs choose AAC for mobile music delivery [The Register, 29 Sept 04] 

*
<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/international/feature_display.jsp?vnu_
content_id=1000642977> High-definition television (Is it the 'next big
thing' in Europe?) [The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.cminteractive.com/clients/informa/cabsat/> Premiere to
use MPEG-4 Part 10 (AVC) for HD [CabSat Europe, 23 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3652402.stm> Europe lines up
for TV innovation [BBC News, 14 Sept 04] 

*
<http://www.reed-electronics.com/ednmag/article/CA452669?industryid=22043>
VIP boxes: Video-over-IP set-top devices debut [EDN.com, 14 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Sept2004/8305.htm> Hutchison 3G Austria
Taps Anystream [3G, 13 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/13/ms_apple_mobile_music/>
MS, Apple pitch music at mobile phone makers [The Register, 13 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.jsonline.com/bym/tech/news/sep04/258522.asp> Bytes:
Technology Briefing [JS Online, 13 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.stockhouse.com/news/news.asp?tick=TUTS&newsid=2439991>
Tut Systems Expands Presence in Asia with Digital CSM [Stockhouse, 13 Sept
04] 

*	 <http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040913/175/f2hii.html> Microsoft unveils
IPTV-ready set-top box [Yahoo News, 13 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040913/135317_1.html> StreamGuys in
Affiliation with Coding Technologies and Orban are now Supplying
High-Quality MPEG aacPlus... [Yahoo Finance, 13 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040913/135428_1.html> Plextor Introduces
First PC-Based Personal Video Recorder with MPEG-4 and DivX Hardware
Compression [Yahoo Finance, 13 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://www.eet.com/sys/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=47204232>
Koreans showcase mobile TV broadcast at IBC [EE Times, 11 Sept 04] 

*	 <http://hugecgi.com/cgi-bin/ibc_dailynews1.cgi?db_id=22543&issue=3>
AVC throws down gauntlet in codec battle with Microsoft [IBC 2004, 11 Sept
04] 

*	 <http://www.digitmag.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4382> MPEG-4, VC1
added to Blu-ray standard [Digit Magazine, 01 Sept 04]

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