[M4IF News] MPEG-4 News Digest week 17

Mon Apr 28 01:01:29 EDT 2003

Sunday, April 27, 2024 - MPEG-4 News Digest week 17, 2003
MPEG-4 News Readers,
As promised in last week's digest, there is more news this week -- for
starters, from the licensing front. Via Licensing published the
<http://www.vialicensing.com/news/pr_pr_0304_CallforMPEG7Patents.HTML> terms
for MPEG-4 Audio - not just AAC, but also other Profiles. Good news, albeit
a tad late. A day later, they announced a
<http://www.vialicensing.com/products/mpeg4audio/standard.html> Call for
essential patents for the MPEG-7 standard. Let's hope that the lessons from
MPEG-4 will lead to faster availability of licenses to essential
<http://www.mp7c.org/> MPEG-7 patents.
In the News section, a couple of product reviews and some speculation.
<http://broadcastengineering.com/ar/broadcasting_mpeg_compression_look/>
Broadcast Engineering published a
<http://broadcastengineering.com/ar/broadcasting_mpeg_compression_look/>
special section on MPEG-4 for NAB; now also available online. Our
<http://www.m4if.org/exhibitions/NAB2003/> NAB2003 Archive is still being
updated with articles and interviews.
M4IF will hold its next (annual) membership meeting on 26 and 27 June in
Montreal. Contact Paul Ritchie (see CC) if you are interested in joining
M4IF and want to sample this meeting.
A reminder that an archive of  these digests
<http://www.m4if.org/news/digest.php> can be found online on M4IF's website.
Kind Regards,
Rob Koenen
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For Members ( <http://www.m4if.org/private/> Go To Member Website)
*	 <http://www.m4if.org/private/documents/vault/m4-in-30111.zip> M4IF
Marketing Action Items List - 16 Apr '03 [M4IF, 24 Apr 03] - Next meeting is
30 April 
*	 <http://www.m4if.org/m4if/benefits/smny2003.php> Members: save up
to $200 off Streaming Media New York 2003 Registration [Streaming Media, 22
Apr 03]
*	You can now advertise on M4IF's home page - contact Paul Ritchie for
details (See CC)
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Recent News on MPEG-4 ( <outbind://25/news/mpeg4.php> Archive of MPEG-4
News)
*	 <http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/04/25/quicktime/> Video
(MPEG_4): Overview of QuickTime at WWDC [MacCentral, 25 Apr 03]
*	 <http://www.tvweek.com/technology/041403delivering.html> Delivering
Television Anywhere [Television Week, 25 Apr 03]
*	 <http://www.cellular-news.com/story/8751.shtml> Megapixel handset
from Sharp [cellular-news, 25 Apr 03]
*	 <http://www.mediacast.co.uk/page.cfm/Action=Press/PressID=138/T=m>
Interoperability comes under the spotlight at Mediacast [mediacast2003, 23
Apr 03]
*	 <http://www.powerpage.org/story.lasso?newsID=10916> iPod 2 to
Incorporate New Music Service [powerpage.org, 23 Apr 03]
*	 <http://www.streamingmedia.com/r/printerfriendly.asp?id=8422> A
Roadmap to Digital Convergence: MPEG Technology Developments
[streamingmedia.com, 22 Apr 03]
*	 <http://www.vialicensing.com/products/mpeg4audio/standard.html>
MPEG-4 Audio Licensing Terms Available [Via Licensing, 22 Apr 03]
*
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1038241,00.asp?kc=PCAV103039TX1K000056
5> Panasonic SV-AV30: A Pocket-Size Camcorder [PC Magazine, 22 Apr 03]
*	 <http://www.indonation.com/article.asp?ID=4656&CatID=1158>
Panasonic LX9 Portable DVD Player [Society Review, 22 Apr 03]
*
<http://broadcastengineering.com/ar/broadcasting_mpeg_compression_look/>
MPEG-4 compression: A look at the benefits [Broadcast Engineering, 22 Apr
03]
*	 <http://www.tvworldwide.com/showvideo.cfm?ID=3168> NABcast M4IF
interview [NABcast.com, 21 Apr 03]
*	 <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1036321,00.asp> Interview:
RealNetwork's CEO Rob Glaser [PC Magazine, 21 Apr 03]
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Recent Member Press Releases ( <outbind://25/newsarchive/> Archive of
MPEG-4 Press Releases)
*
<http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/pub_rel/presse/2003/pentium4/index.html>
Fraunhofer IIS maximizes MPEG-4 AAC Performance on IntelR PentiumR 4
Processor [Fraunhofer IIS, 24 Apr 03]
*
<http://www.vialicensing.com/news/pr_pr_0304_CallforMPEG7Patents.HTML> Call
for Essential Patents Reading on MPEG-7 [Via Licensing, 23 Apr 03]
*
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/ww
w/story/04-22-2003/0001930651> Toshiba ASSP Business Unit Shares Platform
Strategy, Unveils Key New Products [Toshiba, 22 Apr 03]
*
<http://www1.internetwire.com/iwire/release_html_b1?release_id=053011> New
DivXR Pro Codec Has Data Rate Allocator for Enhanced Encoding Quality
[DivXNetworks, 21 Apr 03]
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Other Recent Press Releases ( <outbind://25/newsarchive/> Archive of MPEG-4
Press Releases)
*
<http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/cb_headline.cgi?&story_file=bw.042403/2
31145118> Microfield Graphics Announces Master Distribution Agreement
[Microfield Graphics, Inc., 24 Apr 03]
*	 <http://www.uemedia.com/CPC/article_7392.shtml> Morpho Technologies
Demos MPEG-4 Video for 2.5G and 3G Wireless Apps [UE Media, 23 Apr 03]
*
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK3.story&STORY=/ww
w/story/04-22-2003/0001930651> Toshiba ASSP Business Unit Shares Platform
Strategy, Unveils Key New Products [Toshiba, 22 Apr 03]
*
<http://new.stockwatch.com/newsit/newsit_newsit.pasp?bid=U-z0039272-U:TRWX-2
0030422&news_region=U&symbol=TRWX> Tribeworks Releases iShell 3; Does
Co-Promotion with Intelligent Assistance [Tribeworks, 22 Apr 03]
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Upcoming events and M4IF conference calls ( <outbind://25/news/calendar.php>
Full M4IF  <outbind://25/news/calendar.php> Event Calendar)
*	30 Apr 03 -  <http://www.m4if.org/private/publicity/meeting.php>
M4IF Marketing Work Group Conference Call
*	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, London, UK 
*	17-20 June 03 -  <http://www.broadcast-asia.com/> Broadcast Asia,
Singapore 
*	20 June 03 -  <http://www.knk-mpeg.com/toronto-upsem.htm> KNK's
AVC|H.264 Seminar, Toronto
*	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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