RE: [MPEGIF News] News Digest Returns

Regarding the comment that Harmonic may be the first commercial AVC
deployment: I notice that the referenced Harmonic's press release still
seems to refer to AVC capabilities primarily in the future tense.  
 
However, in any case, this is not the first. The industry that is really
deploying AVC first is the videoconferencing community.  Polycom and
Tandberg (the #1 and #2 companies in that world) have both been claiming
to be shipping it for six months or more.  (However, I have not yet
heard of their shipping products achieving interoperability with each
other's products, so some real work remains to be done in that area.)
 
All the best,
 
-Gary

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Digest available online here:
http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/mpif-digest-32.php 

  Friday, 23 January 2003 - MPEG-4 News Digest week 4, 2004

MPEGIF News Readers,

After a few months of absence, for a variety of reasons, the MPEGIF News
Digest returns to your mailbox - which is where it should be. We are
picking up where we left off just before IBC in September 2003. 

Much has happened since our last Digest. The much anticipated Advanced
Video Coding standard (H.264 | MPEG-4 p.10) went through its last
official stage in ISO. Licensing terms for AVC were announced by MPEGLA
and VIA Licensing and MPEGIF is undertaking a
<http://www.m4if.org/patents/AVC-survey.php> survey among potential
users which was thus far advertised in only a fairly small community.
Because we have received serious and useful submissions, we are
advertising a bit more widely and have extended the deadline until
Thursday 29 January. The intention of the survey is mainly to provide
licensors with structured market feedback, and your input is welcome. 

In other licensing news, there is now a one-stop shop license for High
Efficiency AAC - good news for potential users of this break-through
audio coding scheme.

The news is mainly from CES, and note the Harmonic announcement, which
may signify the first commercial AVC deployment.

MPEGIF is launching its first MPEG-7 list: mp7-tech. Just like mp4-tech,
it will be a great resource for engineers and other people trying to
understand the MPEG-7 standard. Non-technical discussion on MPEG-7 can
take place on our discuss list, and the News list will carry the MPEG-7
news. Please  <http://www.m4if.org/public/publiclistreg.php> subscribe
here to all of these lists, including the very active mp4-tech list.

Kind Regards,

Rob Koenen 
(President, MPEGIF)


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Recent News on MPEG-4/-7/-21 ( <http://www.m4if.org/news/mpeg4.php>
Archive of MPEG News)

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*
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*
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*
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*
<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/zd/20040108/tc_zd/115819>
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*	 <http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1428774,00.asp>
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*	 <http://www.macnn.com/news/22659> Miglia AlchemyTV DVR now
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*	 <http://www.pdalive.com/showarticle.php?threadid=5132> P800 now
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*	 <http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/05/business/05share.html> Five
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Member and Partner Press Releases ( <http://www.m4if.org/newsarchive/>
Archive of  MPEG Press Releases)

*	 <http://www.harmonicinc.com/ah_press_release_text.cfm?ID=502>
Leading U.K. Video-Over-DSL Provider Chooses Harmonic Digital Video
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*	 <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040119/dam033_1.html> PRODYS:
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[Prodys, 19 Jan 04] 

*
<http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=70578&p=irol-newsArticle&t=
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*	 <http://www.vqual.biz/News_pr.html#Jan2004SoftwareSpeedsH264>
Vprove speeds H.264/AVC development [Vqual web-site, 13 Jan 04] 

*	 <http://www.zoran.com/press_room/2004/1_6_04_vaddis7.html>
Zoran Announces Seventh Generation DVD Multimedia Processor [Zoran, 06
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*	 <http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040106/65407_1.html> Sand Video's
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*
<http://biz.yahoo.com/ccn/040119/5f23b7ec8648dc133142d9b0ae56548e_1.html
> Reality Commerce Corp, MAVIX U.S.A. Announce MPEG4-based Video
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*	 <http://www.onkey.net/pr011904.asp> Onkey Launches Industry's
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*	 <http://www.streamingmedia.com/press/view.asp?id=2386> Orban
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*	 <http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040109/95028_1.html> Internet Movies
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Jan 04] 


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Upcoming events and M4IF conference calls (
<http://www.m4if.org/news/calendar.php> Full M4IF
<http://www.m4if.org/news/calendar.php> Event Calendar)

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MPEG-4/7 & AVC Seminars, CA, USA 

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La Quinta, CA, USA 

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NAB2004, Las Vegas, US 

*	15-18 June 04 -  <http://www.broadcast-asia.com/> BroadcastAsia,
Singapore 

*	17-19 June 04 -  <http://www.aes.org/events/25/> 25th AES,
London 

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