[M4IF News] MPEG-4 News Digest week 16

[Rob Koenen (M4IF)]

MPEG-4 News Readers,
Last week things were slow to pick up again after NAB. In week 17 - this
week-  there will be significantly more news. Promise! (Or just go check the
website <http://www.m4if.org/> .)
Still, there are some noteworthy facts. The week after BBC and Envivio
announced a trial with MPEG-4 Systems technology, two more independent
MPEG-4 Systems tool sets were released: freely downloadable
<http://www.comelec.enst.fr/osmo4/msg.html> "Osmo4" by ENST from Paris, and
<http://www.tvia.com/news_events/2003/041503.htm> "TVM4" by TVIA which also
has a freely downloadable player. The licensing situation in MPEG-4 Visual
lingers on as something to write about, witness be two articles referenced
below. 
M4IF will hold its next (annual) membership meeting on 26 and 27 June in
Montreal. Details online in a day or two. Contact Paul Ritchie (see CC) if
you are interested in joining M4IF and want to sample this meeting.
M4IF is working with Streaming Media on
<http://www.m4if.org/m4if/benefits/smny2003.php> Streaming Media New York,
May 6-8. M4IF Members  <http://www.m4if.org/m4if/benefits/smny2003.php> get
significant discounts.
ISO recently published Amendment 2 to Part 5 of MPEG-4, "Reference
software". This contains the
<http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=36355
&ICS1=35&ICS2=40&ICS3=>  Reference Software for XMT, The eXtensible MPEG-4
Textual format. I am not sure when it will be available
<http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/14496-5_Compressed
_directories/> for free download.
Kind Regards,
Rob Koenen
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Recent News on MPEG-4
*	 <http://www.asahi.com/english/business/K2003041800307.html> Patent
squabble delays TV-to-cellphone debut [Asahi Shimbun, 18 Apr 03] - On how
licensing is perceived by broadcasters in Japan
*
<http://www.macobserver.com/columns/devilsadvocate/2003/20030417.shtml>
Music Industry Savior?--Steve Jobs Is The Media's Darling [Mac Observer, 17
Apr 03] - Interesting guesswork about Apple's plans for music distribution
with equally interesting take on DRM
*	 <http://www.commsdesign.com/news/tech_beat/OEG20030416S0027> LSI
Logic bids for H.264 market with VideoLocus acquisition [CommsDesign, 16 Apr
03] - about the increasing interest in for AVC | H.264.
*
<http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/base/business-4/10502143831579
30.xml> The hard sell on software [NJ.com, 13 Apr 03] -  "... but it's fair
to say the licensing terms for MPEG-4 are acceptable in the marketplace."
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Recent Member Press Releases
*	 <http://www.tvia.com/news_events/2003/041503.htm> TVIA Unveils
MPEG-4 Software Technology For Embedded Interactive Consumer Devices [Tvia,
16 Apr 03]
*	 <http://www.comelec.enst.fr/osmo4/msg.html> Download Osmo4, "the
world's most advanced 2D MPEG-4 Systems player" [ENST, 14 Apr 03]
*	 <http://www.sorenson.com/content.php?pageID=35&id=38&nav=7>
Sorenson, Avid Launch Integrated Editing SW for Video for QT, MPEG-2,
MPEG-4, ... [Sorenson, 10 Apr 03]
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Upcoming events and M4IF conference calls
*	
05-08 May 03 -
<http://www.streamingmedia.com/ny/program/session.asp?id=587> Streaming
Media NY (Significant  <http://www.m4if.org/m4if/benefits/smny2003.php>
discount for M4IF members applies) 
*	
12-14 May 03 -  <http://www.knk-mpeg.com/indexsem.html> KNK's MPEG-4
Seminars 
*	
13 May 03 -  <http://www.m4if.org/private/board/meeting.php> M4IF Board
Conference Call
*	
15 May 03 -  <http://www.m4if.org/private/interop/meeting.php> M4IF Interop
WG Conference Call
*	
15-16 May 03 -  <http://www.tvmeetstheweb.com/> TV Meets the Web, NL, with
panel on standards
*	
16 May 03 -  <http://www.knk-mpeg.com/indexsem.html> Advanced Video Coding
(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, Singapore 
*	
26-27 June 03 -  <http://www.m4if.org/> Annual M4IF meeting, Montreal
*	
23-27 June 03 -  <http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/descriptions.html> Apple
WWDC, San Francisco, US 
*	
21-25 July 03 -  <http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com/meetings.htm> 56th MPEG
meeting, Norway
*	
11-22 Aug 03 -  <http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/workshops/2003/#PAC> Audio
Coding Workshop, CA, US 
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