[MPEGIF News] 12 MPEG Industry Forum Members Exhibiting at IBC 2009

 

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12 MPEG Industry Forum Members Exhibiting at IBC 2009

MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 in action in Amsterdam

 

Fremont, California, August 25, 2009 - The MPEG Industry Forum, the world's
largest advocacy group for the promotion of MPEG and other standards based
video technologies, today announced that the following 12 member companies
will be exhibiting at IBC 2009, taking place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
between Thursday, 10 September and Tuesday, 15 September 2009.

 

Amino Communications                                    5.B40

Cisco                                                               1.D71

dicas                                                                1.A80

DivX/MainConcept                                          2.C50

Fraunhofer IIS                                                  8.C81

Harmonic Inc                                                    1.C61

Joanneum Research                                          3.D08

Motorola                                                          1.F30

NagraVision                                                     1.D69

Qualcomm                                                        5.A21

Sigma Designs                                                  4.C58

Zoran                                                               2.C50

 

"Technology continues to advance bringing opportunities for new converged
and personalized services combined with increasing operational efficiencies"
said David Price, Vice President of the MPEG Industry Forum and Vice
President at Harmonic Inc. "in this increasingly complex environment
standards are all the more needed to avoid the limitations of proprietary
solutions" 

 

"IBC is a major event for our members and is an important opportunity for
demonstrating their latest standards based products and services." said
Sebastian Moeritz, President MPEGIF and CEO dicas. "Without a doubt,
standard based technologies are continuing to provide the very best platform
for next generation media services and both the exhibition and conference at
IBC will provide clear and precise evidence of this." 

 

MPEGIF will present the MPEGIF Master Class titled "The Future of Digital
Television" on Monday, 14 September 2009. Organized in conjunction with the
International Association of Broadcasters (IBC), this special event will
explore how new technologies are changing the way digital multimedia is
created, compressed, delivered and monetized. 

 

Business and technology leaders will share their experiences and unique
industry insights at this year's Master Class that feature keynote speakers
including executives from EchoStar Broadcasting, Virgin Media, Deutsche
Telecom, Turner Broadcasting, and Sling Media. The keynote speakers will be
joined by panelists comprising operators and other leading technology
pioneers and industry analysts such as: TDVision Systems, Open TV,
NagraVision and the Association of Commercial Television in Europe.

 

About IBC

Established in 1967, IBC has evolved from its roots in terrestrial
broadcasting to become the leading event for professionals involved in the
creation, management and delivery of entertainment and news content
worldwide. The exhibition attracts over 1400 exhibitors including all the
major equipment suppliers. IBC draws over 49,000 attendees from more than
130 countries that visit each year to see the state-of-the-art. The
world-renowned IBC conference tackles all the hot creative, management and
technical issues.

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About MPEGIF

The MPEG Industry Forum is an independent and platform neutral
not-for-profit organisation representing 25 international companies and
organizations from diverse industries with the goal to facilitate and
further the widespread adoption and deployment of MPEG and related standards
in next generation digital media services. It provides a forum to exchange
information and views on technological, economic and regulatory issues that
are relevant to these services. It also provides a powerful industry voice
advocating the adoption of standards and consolidating the direction of the
industry in the time of transition from analogue to digital television and
media services.

MPEGIF, with more than 2,500 people subscribed to its mailing lists, 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 offers
interoperability testing, a conformance program, marketing activities and is
present at international trade shows and conferences. 

 

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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
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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] 

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