[MPEGIF News] The MPEG Industry Forum announces participation in TelcoTV 2009 Standards Pavilion
"Nicola Wissler" <nicola.wissler-8/[email protected]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:22:51 -0800
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The MPEG Industry Forum announces participation in TelcoTV 2009 Standards Pavilion 7 MPEG Industry Forum Members Exhibiting at TelcoTV 2009 Fremont, California, November 5, 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 they will be participating in the TelcoTV Standards Pavilion booth #SP215C. In addition the following 7 member companies will be exhibiting at TelcoTV 2009, taking place in Orlando, Florida between Tuesday, 10 November and Thursday, 12 November 2009. Amino Communications #545 Cisco Sponsor Harmonic Inc #539 Motorola #401 NagraVision #815 RGB Networks #425 TM Forum #SP215F David Price the MPEG Industry Forum Vice President (and Vice President at Harmonic Inc.) will be speaking as part of a discussion with other standards organizations. The title of his presentation is "Convergence needs Standards" and will be presented on Thursday, November 12, 2009 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. "TelcoTV has established itself as the primary North American venue for telephone operators of all shapes and sizes to come to get information about new developments in technology and in how operators are garnering new sources of revenues by providing various video services to their customers", said David Price, Vice President at MPEGIF and at Harmonic Inc., "The world of video over DSL connections has only just begun with the full potential of the IP based infrastructure still largely untapped" "It is absolutely fascinating to see how broadband applications are influencing and enabling digital media convergence and contributing significantly to the overall success of the digital economy." said Sebastian Moeritz, President of MPEGIF and CEO at dicas. "Broadband video delivers a tremendous long term opportunity and the TelcoTV show is an ideal setting to cover this part of our industry." About MPEGIF The MPEG Industry Forum is an independent and platform neutral not-for-profit organization representing more than 20 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. # # 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 _______________________________________________ News mailing list News-wvgAS0I8NaWTm/[email protected] http://lists.mpegif.org/mailman/listinfo/news Note: Conduct on the mailing list is subject to the Antitrust guidelines found at http://www.mpegif.org/public/documents/vault/mp-out-30042-Antitrust.php