[M4IF News] MPEG-4 News Digest week 15

Tue Apr 15 01:06:58 EDT 2003

MPEG-4 News Readers, 
(First, this is really week 15's news. Last week's mail with the subject
Week 15 was for week 14 ...)
In the past week, there was obviously much  <http://www.m4if.org/> news for
NAB 2003. M4IF still has its  <http://www.m4if.org/exhibitions/NAB2003/>
NAB2003 pages up and running, and will shortly publish
<http://www.m4if.org/exhibitions/NAB2003/session.php> the presentations for
the MPEG - Enabling Broadcast and Media Convergence session on Monday
September 7th. 
NAB was markedly different than last year's show, when most people still
wanted to know what MPEG-4 was. This year, people were knowledgeable and had
good questions, many about AVC, many also about licensing. It was good to
see interest from several parties in joining M4IF. There were some promising
demos for the recently finalized AVC | H.264 video coding standard,
including real-time encoding and decoding.
An interesting announcement came from BBC and Envivio. BBC will be one if
the first companies to go beyond Audio and Video, and use MPEG-4's
interactive power. I've seen a demo - it looks very attractive and
professional. See first link below.
M4IF will hold its next (annual) membership meeting on 26 and 27 October in
Montreal. Details online shortly. Contact Paul Ritchie (see CC) if you are
interested in joining M4IF and want to sample this meeting.
Kind Regards,
Rob Koenen
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NAB-related News and Press Releases
*	BBC's  <http://www.envivio.com/news/news/030407_bbc.html> Newsnight
to enter interactive streaming trial [EuropeMedia, 08 Apr 03]
*	TI  <http://www.uemedia.com/CPC/article_7077.shtml> Highlights
Digital Media solutions at NAB 2003 [United Entertainment Media, 09 Apr 03]
*	MPEG-4  <http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5971512657.html> enabled
IP TV set-top box architecture runs Linux [LinuxDevices, 09 Apr 03]
*	NAB2003: InterVideo Combines MPEG4 Codec with Tensilica
<http://www.e-insite.net/eb-mag/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA290692&
spacedesc=news> Processor [Electronic Business, 08 Apr 03]
*	Apple  <http://www.uemedia.com/CPC/article_6819.shtml> Announces DVD
Studio Pro 2 [EditorsNet, 08 Apr 03]
*	Masstech  <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030407/lam091_1.html>
Introduces Product Suite for End-to-End Management and Control of Digital
Content [Masstech, 07 Apr 03]
*	VBrick Systems Unveils VBXcast, an Intelligent Video Appliance
<http://www.vbrick.com/pressrelease/02172003_VBXcast.html> that Extends ...
[VBrick, 07 Apr 03]
*	BBC and  <http://www.envivio.com/news/news/030407_bbc.html> Envivio
Create Interactive MPEG-4 News Programming [Envivio, 07 Apr 03]
*	Envivio  <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030407/sfm088_1.html>
Announces H.264 Live Solution for Cost-Effective Delivery Of ... [Envivio,
07 Apr 03]
*	Envivio's MPEG-4 Solution Wins Streaming Magazine's 'Reader's
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030407/sfm087_1.html> Choice Awards For 2003'
[Envivio, 07 Apr 03]
*	JVC adds QuickTime 6 support to Streamcorder
<http://macnn.com/news/19025>  [MacNN, 07 Apr 03]
*	Apple recasts  <http://news.com.com/2100-1026-995721.html>
movie-making software [c|net, 07 Apr 03]
*	face2face animation Announces 1st MPEG-4 Facial Animation
<http://www.f2fanimation.com/> Plug-In for QuickTime; ... [face2face, 07 Apr
03]
*	Nero Digital Set to Become the Next Big Standard in Audio and
<http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/cb_headline.cgi?&story_file=bw.031203/2
30715472&directory=> Video Compression [Ahead Software, 07 Apr 03]
*	iVAST to  <http://www.uemedia.com/CPC/article_6721.shtml> Demo
MPEG-4 Solutions at NAB [UE Media, 05 Apr 03]
  _____  
Other News on MPEG-4
*	Philips adds streaming to DVD recorder
<http://msn-cnet.com.com/2100-1041-996117.html?type=pt&part=msn&tag=cdf&form
=base&subj=cn_fd>  [c|net, 08 Apr 03]
*	Puretek launches multimedia-on-demand platform
<http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/detail.asp?ID=36478&GRP=E>
[chinapost.com.tw, 05 Apr 03]
  _____  
Press Releases
*	Sorenson, Avid Launch Integrated Editing SW for Video for QT,
<http://www.sorenson.com/content.php?pageID=35&id=38&nav=7> MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
... [Sorenson, 10 Apr 03]
*	Anystream(TM) Automates On-Air-to-Online Media Production for
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030407/dcm005_1.html> Belgian... [Anystream, 07
Apr 03]
*	InterVideo Introduces MPEG-4 Solution for DAB
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030407/nem047_1.html>  [Intervideo, 07 Apr 03]
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Upcoming events and M4IF conference calls
*	
15 Apr 03 -  <http://www.m4if.org/private/board/meeting.php> M4IF Board
Conference Call
*	
16 Apr 03 -  <http://www.m4if.org/private/publicity/meeting.php> M4IF
Marketing Conference Call
*	
22 Apr 03 -  <http://www.m4if.org/private/interop/meeting.php> M4IF Interop
Conference Call
*	
05-08 May 03 -
<http://www.streamingmedia.com/ny/program/session.asp?id=587> Streaming
Media NY (Significant discount for M4IF members applies)
*	
12-14 May 03 -  <http://www.knk-mpeg.com/indexsem.html> KNK's MPEG-4 Seminar
Series
*	
16 May 03 -  <http://www.knk-mpeg.com/indexsem.html> AVC(H.264/MPEG-4) by
KNK Seminars
*	
20-22 May 03 -  <http://www.mediacast.co.uk/page.cfm/Link=61> Mediacast 2003
*	
17-20 June 03 -  <http://www.broadcast-asia.com/> Broadcast Asia
*	
23-27 June 03 -  <http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/descriptions.html> Apple
WWDC, San Francisco
*	
11-22 Aug 03 - Audio  <http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/workshops/2003/#PAC>
Coding Workshop, CA, US
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