[MPEGIF News] ISMA Mission Accomplished, Residual Assets Assumed by MPEGIF
"Florencia Dazzi" <[email protected]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:02:02 -0700
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============0218309230== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0C78_01CAE622.F9907170" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0C78_01CAE622.F9907170 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MPEGIF and ISMA ISMA Mission Accomplished, Residual Assets Assumed by MPEGIF Fremont, CA, April 26, 2010 -- The Board of Directors of the MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF) and Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) announced today that they have entered into a binding agreement to merge the two organizations by allowing MPEGIF members to become ISMA members and going forward as MPEGIF within the ISMA California non-profit corporation. MPEGIF's current structure as a Swiss association will be dissolved. "ISMA delivered massively important technology contributions resulting in great value and lasting benefit to our industry over the years," said Dr. h. c. Sebastian Moeritz, President of MPEGIF and CEO at dicas. "We are absolutely delighted to see the long cooperation and mutual admiration between ISMA and MPEGIF result in this agreement." "MPEGIF is pleased to take this opportunity to increase its strength and to gain the operational efficiencies we will be able to bring to our members", said David Price, Vice President of MPEGIF and Vice President at Harmonic Inc. "The industry is facing huge changes in the way video is enjoyed and the advocacy of MPEGIF for solution wide standards is more vital than ever." "ISMA's highly successful standards will gain additional visibility through the merger, and will continue to be widely available to the broader industry through the success and influence of MPEGIF," said Yuval Fisher, Chair of ISMA and CTO of RGB Networks. 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. About ISMA Founded in 2000, ISMA (Internet Streaming Media Alliance) is a global alliance of industry leaders dedicated to the adoption and deployment of open standards for streaming rich media such as video, audio, and associated data over Internet protocols. The goal of its members is to promote standards-based solutions that offer greater choice, flexibility, extensive cost efficiencies and higher quality of service. ISMA achieves this by providing the industry with technical specifications based on non-proprietary and existing standards, testing solutions that enable multi-vendor, multi-platform interoperability, and a product conformance program. ISMA collaborates with industry analysts to track standards adoption, as well as with other trade associations and standards bodies to promote interoperable solutions across the entire content delivery spectrum. 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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></= p> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>FOR IMMEDIATE = RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></= p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:115%'><b><font size=3D2 = face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold'>MPEGIF and ISMA<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:115%'><font size=3D2 = face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial'>ISMA = <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Mission</st1:place></st1:City> = Accomplished, Residual Assets Assumed by MPEGIF<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></= p> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on"><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial;font-weight:= bold'>Fremont</span></font></b></st1:City><b><font face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>, <st1:State w:st=3D"on">CA</st1:State></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font = face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>, April 26, = 2010</span></font></b><font face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-family:Arial'> -- The = Board of Directors of the MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF) and Internet Streaming = Media Alliance (ISMA) announced today that they have entered into a binding = agreement to merge the two organizations by allowing MPEGIF members to become ISMA members and going forward as MPEGIF within the ISMA California = non-profit corporation. MPEGIF’s current structure as a Swiss = association will be dissolved.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><font = size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><font = size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:Arial'>“ISMA delivered massively important technology contributions resulting in great value and lasting benefit to our = industry over the years,” </span></font><font face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-family:Arial'>said Dr. h. c. Sebastian Moeritz, President of MPEGIF and CEO at dicas. = “We are absolutely delighted to see the long cooperation and mutual = admiration between ISMA and MPEGIF result in this = agreement.”</span></font><font face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><font = size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><font = size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:Arial'>"MPEGIF is pleased to take this opportunity to = increase its strength and to gain the operational efficiencies we will be able to = bring to our members", said David Price, Vice President of MPEGIF and = Vice President at Harmonic Inc. "The industry is facing huge changes in = the way video is enjoyed and the advocacy of MPEGIF for solution wide standards = is more vital than ever."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><font = size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><font = size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:Arial'>“ISMA’s highly successful standards will = gain additional visibility through the merger, and will continue to be widely available to the broader industry through the success and influence of MPEGIF,” said Yuval Fisher, Chair of ISMA and CTO of RGB = Networks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><font = size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-GB = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold'>About MPEGIF<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><font = size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial'>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. </span></font><font face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-family:Arial'>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. = <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><font = size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> = </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold'>About ISMA<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dleft style=3D'text-align:left'><font = size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Founded in 2000, ISMA = (Internet Streaming Media Alliance) is a global alliance of industry leaders = dedicated to the adoption and deployment of open standards for streaming rich media = such as video, audio, and associated data over Internet protocols. The goal of = its members is to promote standards-based solutions that offer greater = choice, flexibility, extensive cost efficiencies and higher quality of service. = ISMA achieves this by providing the industry with technical specifications = based on non-proprietary and existing standards, testing solutions that enable multi-vendor, multi-platform interoperability, and a product conformance program. ISMA collaborates with industry analysts to track standards = adoption, as well as with other trade associations and standards bodies to promote interoperable solutions across the entire content delivery spectrum. (<a href=3D"http://www.isma.tv/">www.ISMA.tv</a>) = <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><font = size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial'><o:p> = </o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><font = size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial'># #<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3Dbody = style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify; line-height:115%'><b><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;font-weight:bold'>Media Contact:</span></font></b><font size=3D2><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%'> MPEGIF = – Florencia Dazzi, <a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><o:p></o:p></span></fo= nt></p> <p class=3Dbody = style=3D'margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify; line-height:115%'><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%'> &= nbsp; &n= bsp; </span></font><font size=3D2><span lang=3DFR style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%'> ISMA = – Michael LoBue, <a = href=3D"file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\fd\Desktop\lobue-hevrg/[email protected]">l= obue-hevrg/[email protected]</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><font = size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span lang=3DFR = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_000_0C78_01CAE622.F9907170-- --===============0218309230== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ 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 --===============0218309230==--