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News Digest: Week 44


 

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 <http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/streaming_media/061031> 

 

 

 <http://www.gspx.com/tv2m> 

 

 <http://www.socconference.com/> 

 

 <http://www.informatm.com/iptv-asia> 

 

 

 <http://www.mobiletvsummitusa.com/> 

 

 

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 <http://www.mpegif.org/news/calendar.php> Upcoming Events 


31 Oct - 01 Nov 06
 <http://www.gspx.com/tv2m> TV to Mobile Conference

01-02 Nov 06
 <http://www.SoCconference.com> System on Chip Conference

08-09 Nov 06
 <http://www.informatm.com/iptv-asia> IPTV Asia

09-10 Nov 06
 <http://www.jritechnology.com/public.htm> JRI: Digital Video Basics -
analog & digital TV basics and signal processing course

13-15 Nov 06
 <http://www.jritechnology.com/public.htm> JRI: Advanced Video Compression
[MPEG-4 Part 10/AVC/H.264] Course

14-16 Nov 06
Mobile TV

27-30 Nov 06
 <http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=3221> IPTV Forum

30-01 Nov 06
 
<http://www.iqpc.co.uk/cgi-bin/templates/genevent.html?topic=586&event=11310
&> IPTV Growth & Revenue Strategies For Telcos

15-16 Jan 07
 <http://www.mobiletvvideoforum.com/tracker.asp?magazineid=329> Mobile TV
and Video Forum

30-31 Jan 07
 <http://www.iptv-latinamerica.com/> IPTV World Forum Latin America

20-21 Feb 07
 <http://www.knk-mpeg.com/indexsem.html> KNK\'s DTV Systems seminar

22-23 Feb 07
 <http://www.knk-mpeg.com/indexsem.html> KNK\'s MPEG1 & MPEG2 seminar


 


 


 


 

 

Dear MPEGIF News Readers,

I hope that you will find the latest edition of the MPEGIF News Digest
interesting and informative. 

 

The MPEGIF Board of Directors would like to hear feedback from all of our
readers regarding what you find to be the most valuable aspect of the MPEGIF
News Digest? Do you read the News Digest to learn about new MPEG technology
announcements? Do you read the News Digest to learn about upcoming events?
Your feedback is important to us and I would encourage each of you to send
any comments or suggestions to Nicola Wissler at
<mailto:Nicola.wissler-8/[email protected]> Nicola.wissler-8/[email protected] 

 

As always we encourage you to review the upcoming events listed below, and
let us know if you or someone from your company is participating in any of
them. MPEGIF is always looking for opportunities to promote our members
activities whenever possible. We would also like to know which events are
the most important for your company to participate for 2007.

 

Be sure to view the presentations from the MPEGIF Super Session at IBC2006
which can be found on our website at:
<http://www.mpegif.org/exhibitions/IBC2006/session.php> MPEGIF Super
Session. 

 

 

Kind Regards, 

 

Sebastian Moeritz 

President, MPEGIF

 


News from MPEGIF


 <http://www.mpegif.org/exhibitions/IBC2006/session.php> View/Download
Presentations from the MPEGIF Super Session at IBC [MPEGIF, 25 Sept 06]


 <http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/05/15/1649568.htm> MPEGIF Membership
Continues to Grow While the Interop/Logo Qualification Program is Now Open 


 <http://www.mpegif.org/exhibitions/NAB2006/> Download Presentations from
the MPEGIF & ISMA Forum at NAB2006  


 <http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/MPEG4WhitePaperV2a.zip> Second,
completely new version of MPEG-4 White Paper available 


 


Recent News on MPEG-4/7/21


 <http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/Index.cfm?AD=1&ArticleID=13656> IP
Networks And Emerging Video Apps Need Video Transcoding [Electronic Design,
11 Oct 06]


 


Member & Partner Press Releases


 <http://www.i4u.com/article6896.html> iRecord PVR for Apple iPod and Sony
PSP [Apple, 22 Oct 06]


 <http://www.tandbergtv.com/newsview.asp?n=774> Croatian T-Com to Deploy
TANDBERG Television MPEG-4 AVC for IPTV Service [TANDBERG Television, 17 Oct
06]


 
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_vi
ew&newsId=20061016006082&newsLang=en> MainConcept Releases World's Fastest
H.264/AVC Software Decoder [MainConcept, 16 Oct 06]


 <http://www.us.design-reuse.com/news/news14419.html> ARC Introduces the New
VRaptor Media Architecture [ARC International, 12 Oct 06]


 
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_vi
ew&newsId=20061012005521&newsLang=en> ESS Technology's PhoenixT HD EnhancedT
DVD Processors Achieve Nero DigitalT Certified status [Nero, 12 Oct 06]


 <http://www.iptv-news.com/content/view/754/64/> Harmonic Introduces
Multi-channel MPEG-4 AVC Digital Splicing Solution [Harmonic, 12 Oct 06]


 <http://www.arm.com/iqonline/news/partnernews/14978.html> Hantro Targets
Wireless HD Video Market [Hantro, 11 Oct 06]


 
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_vi
ew&newsId=20061010005705&newsLang=en> Harmonic's ProStreamT 1000 Platform
With MentorT Re-Encoding Technology Wins IEC InfoVision Award [Harmonic, 10
Oct 06]


 <http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193105410>
ARC adopts clustered parallelism in media multiprocessing [ARC
International, 09 Oct 06]


 <http://www.verivox.de/News/ArticleDetails.asp?aid=36420&pm=1> Inventors to
demonstrate feature-rich surround sound technique at AES in San Francisco
[Coding Technologies, 06 Oct 06]


 


Latest Non-Member Releases


 <http://gear.ign.com/articles/681/681678p1.html> IMEC demonstrates
multimedia decoding on reconfigurable processor with record power efficiency
[IMEC, 19 Oct 06]


 
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_vi
ew&newsId=20061017006391&newsLang=en> Oki Develops MPEG-4 Encoder LSI [Oki,
17 Oct 06]


 
<http://www.commsdesign.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193303006&pgno
=3> How to optimize H.264 video decode on a digital baseband processor
[Commsdesign, 16 Oct 06]


 
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_vi
ew&newsId=20061016005712&newsLang=en> COE Group Integrates Agent Video
Intelligence's Analytics Technology into Its X-NET MPEG-4/MJPEG Codec
Architecture [COE Group, 16 Oct 06]


 <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061010/sftu108.html?.v=64> Leading-Edge
Technology Will Enable Tornado M10 to Support Advanced H.264 Video
Compression and High Definition TV [SysMaster, 10 Oct 06]


 <http://www.broadcastbuyer.tv/publish/article_9520.shtml> Aspex Announces
Low-Cost H.264 & MPEG-2 Video Compression Cards [Aspex, 10 Oct 06]


 <http://sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=27534&hilite=>
Kasenna Showcases its MPEG-4 Market-leading PortalTV Solution [Kasenna, 10
Oct 06]


 <http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193105596>
LSI Logic rolls next-gen media processor architecture [LSI, 09 Oct 06]


 <http://www.gizmag.com/go/6280/> Stand-alone MPEG-4 Video Recorder for
Memory Stick Duo [Hagiwara Sys-Com, 05 Oct 06]


 <http://www.contentbusiness.fi/portal/15/?id=14407> Exploit Technologies
Presents High-Definition Digital Audio Standards With Lossless Audio
Compression Technologies [Exploit Technologies, 05 Oct 06]


 <http://www.sceneware.nl/index.php?func=view&cid=2&sid=53> Sceneware
announces version 1.3 of its MPEG-4 and 3GPP analysis and verification tool
SceneScope [company, 28 Sept 06]


 


Upcoming Industry Events


 <http://www.gspx.com/tv2m> TV to Mobile Conference |October 31 - November
1, Santa Clara 

 <http://www.streamingmedia.com/west/> Streaming Media West | October
31-November 1, San Jose [TV Worldwide, 31 Oct 06]

 <http://www.SoCconference.com> System on Chip Conference | 1-2 November,
Newport Beach 


 <http://www.informatm.com/iptv-asia> IPTV Asia / November 8-9, Singapore
[Informa, 08 Nov 06]


 <http://www.jritechnology.com/public.htm> Advanced Video Compression
[MPEG-4 Part 10/AVC/H.264] Course [JRI, 13 Nov 06]


 
<http://www.mobiletvsummitusa.com/marlin/30000000861/MARKT_EFFORT/marketingi
d/20001365058?proceed=true&MarEntityId=1127837391428&entHash=10271c1fd76&UTy
pe=true> Mobile TV | 14-16 November, New York NY 


 <http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=3221> IPTV Forum |
November 27-30, Lisbon [IIR Conferences, 27 Nov 06]


 
<http://www.iqpc.co.uk/cgi-bin/templates/genevent.html?topic=586&event=11310
&> IPTV Growth and Revenue Strategies for Telcos | November 30 - December 1,
London [Telecom IQ, 30 Nov 06]


 <http://www.iptv-latinamerica.com/> IPTV World Forum Latin America |
January 30-31, Rio Brazil 


 <http://www.knk-mpeg.com/indexsem.html> KNK's MPEG1/2/4/7, AVC/H.264, DTV
Systems, MM Comm Systems and IPTV Systems Seminar Series | February 20 -
March 7, Silicon Valley 


 


MPEGIF Sponsored Events


 

GSPX TV to Mobile

October 30 - November 1, 2006

Santa Clara, CA

After the success of GSPx-TV to Mobile in Europe, GTC is proud to announce
GSPx-TV to Mobile Fall in Silicon Valley. The conference will present the
complete ecosystem for this exploding market. It is an opportunity for
industry-leading companies to develop new partnerships with the most
influential buyers, decision-makers, and corporate executives in the
industry.

 

The event will feature lectures and exhibits displaying real-life
implementations of DVB-H, MediaFLO, T-DMB, ISDB-T, and 3G as well as the
business opportunities behind these technologies.

 

Who will attend: Semiconductor Companies, Handset Manufacturers, Software
Developers, Service Providers, Content Owners, and Spectrum Consolidators.

For more information please go to GSPX TV to Mobile

Confirmed speakers include the following MPEGIF Members

o         Christophe Cugge, Freescale Semiconductor

o         Dr. Luigi Licciardi, Telecom Italia

o         Ronny Haraldsvik, Qualcomm

o         John Richardson, Packetvideo

 

4th International System-on-Chip Conference & Exhibition

November 1-2, 2006

Newport Beach, CA

*          Hear recognized industry experts discuss current SoC trends and
practices 

*          Discover the next generation of SoC platform designs from
leading-edge companies 

*          Be among the first to hear public disclosures of new
technologies, IPs, and EDA tools for SoC design 

*          Network with the leaders driving SoC technology

*          Challenge the experts! Attend panel discussions on "Power
Reduction at All Levels of Design Abstraction" and "Memory Subsystem for
System-on-Chip Designs" 

For more information please go to: System on Chip Conference

Confirmed speakers include the following MPEGIF members:

o         Ana Molnar Hunter, Samsung

o         Dr. Gheorghe Stefan, Connex Technology

o         George Szanto, Philips

 

IPTV Asia

8-9 November, 2006

Singapore 

IPTV represents a golden opportunity for telecommunication carriers looking
to tap into new revenue streams beyond data and voice services. This growing
technology allows the delivery of broadcast-quality digital television and
other services over a broadband network using Internet technology. IPTV will
permanently change how people consume content, and has the potential to
change the business proposition for every company working in the
entertainment, communications and data industry today.

For more information visit:
<http://www.ibc-asia.com/ibcasia/marlin/system/render.jsp?MarlinViewType=MAR
KT_EFFORT&siteid=30000000901&marketingid=20001422006> IPTV Asia 

Confirmed speakers include the following MPEGIF members:

o         Edwin Sung, Tandberg Television

 

 

Mobile TV

14-16 November, 206

New York, NY

Investments have been made, bets have been placed. Mobile TV has arrived,
bringing new challenges: understanding the value chain, finding the business
model - let alone displaying quality content on such a tiny screen! With a
Special Focus Day on Mobile TV Advertising, this event presents 24 case
studies from carriers and media. Explore the expanding market of the
shrinking screen. Visit
<http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=69l,n8lt,1fbv,i0vd,21pg,8edb
,ccoo> www.mobiletvsummitusa.com or call +44 (0) 20 7017 5506

Confirmed speakers include the following MPEGIF members:

o         Bob Shallow, Nokia

 

 

IPTV Forum

27th - 30th November

Sana Lisboa Hotel, Lisbon

The IPTV Forum will provide in-depth analysis of all the key issues involved
in optimizing IPTV strategies. IPTV is becoming increasingly central to the
strategies of fixed operators and service providers and offers the potential
for competitive differentiation and new revenue streams.

For more information please go to:
<http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=3222> IPTV Forum 

Confirmed Speakers include the following MPEGIF Members:

*	Sebastian Moeritz, MPEGIF President, dicas
*	Alan Delaney, Tandberg Television
*	Tektronix
*	Enrico Lavoro, Telecom Italia

 

 <http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-Conf/page.aspx?id=3222> 

IPTV Growth & Revenue Strategies for Telcos

November 30 - December 1, 2006

London, UK

For the IPTV industry, the stage is now set for drastically increasing
market share, introducing service differentiators, and using the
possibilities of interactivity to drive revenues. However, there are many
challenges ahead for operators before the full potential of IPTV is reached.
Analysing marketplace experiences with HDTV, discussing the roadmaps for
introducing interactive services, and debating the products that will drive
revenues, IPTV Growth & Revenue Strategies For Telcos is specifically
designed to ensure you can take your service to the next level and
fast-track your success.

For more information please visit: IPTV Growth & Revenue

Confirmed Speakers include the following MPEGIF Members:

*	Sebastian Moeritz, MPEGIF President

 

3rd Annual Mobile TV and Video Forum

January 15-16, 2007

London, UK

As well as focusing on the latest trial results, this two day networking
event examines the hottest case studies from top organisations and how to
turn the potential of these new technologies into a commercial reality
through: 

*          Identification of the strategic, operational and technical
constraints of delivering content to mobile devices and discovering ways to
overcome them

*          An examination of consumer attitudes and trends towards pricing
models and payment methods

*          Insights into how to create an enjoyable and rich user experience

*          Ways to integrate an appropriate advertising model into mobile TV
and video

*          A profile of who's watching what as well as how and when to
capitalise on these new trends

Our first class speaker line up includes cutting edge viewpoints from
organisations such as: Ofcom, Nokia, Endemol, BSkyB, ITV, 3 UK, O2,
MediaFLO, BT Movio, Denton Wilde Sapte and Cisco.

 

MPEGIF Partners

 

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Nicola Wissler / MPEG Industry Forum Coordinator
39355 California Street, Suite 307, Fremont, CA 94538
Phone: +1-510-744-4025 Fax: +1-510-608-5917
http:// www.mpegif.org

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