[M4IF News] MPEG-4 News Digest week 5

[Rob Koenen]

Dear MPEG-4 News Readers,
It is encouraging to see that the hits on our  <http://www.m4if.org/> home
page have doubled over the last month compared to the average in 2002.
MPEG-4 is definitely gaining more and more attention, with the almost daily
releases of new products now. 
This week,  <http://www.pace-softsilicon.com/> Pace Soft Silicon was the
36th company to sign up for M4IF's  <http://www.m4if.org/public/interop/>
interop tests. These tests are now going into the 5th round. M4IF's
<http://www.m4if.org/resources.php> resources pages have had a minor
overhaul, mostly behind the scenes--they are now fully database-driven and
will be more up-to-date going forward. There is now a
<http://www.m4if.org/tutorials.php> special page on papers, tutorials,
books, publications, webcasts, etc.  
M4IF is gearing up for NAB <http://www.nab.org/conventions/nab2003>  2003.
Together with SMPTE <http://www.smpte.org/>  we are organizing an exciting
special session on emerging MPEG technology. Tentative details are here
<http://www.nab.org/conventions/nab2003/sessiondetail.asp?id=1201522>  and
more will follow soon. 
Some of the interesting links for last week go below. I'll give them without
too much comment this week, to not delay the digest even further. 
Best Regards,
Rob Koenen
MPEG-4 News 
*	DivX  <http://news.com.com/2100-1023-982771.html?tag=fd_top>
software delivers moveable media [CNET, 30 Jan 03]
*	Intel Develops New XScale Chip For Handhelds
<http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/1576661>
[SiliconValley.Internet, 29 Jan 03]
*	Simple Streaming Media (review of Prismiq's MediaPlayer)
<http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/2003/01/29/cx_ah_0129tentech.html>
[Forbes.com, 29 Jan 03]
*	Faster  <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,847282,00.asp> Is
Better Dept. [PC Magazine, 28 Jan 03] - has a blurb on High Efficiency AAC
(also known as aacPlus), the miracle audio compressor that is going to be
finalized by MPEG in 5 weeks from now. 
*	MPEG-4 DRM  <http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/3745.cfm> getting
ready [AfterDawn, 28 Jan 03] - About ISMA <http://www.isma.tv/>  completing
its DRM spec for its interoperable Internet Streaming framework based on
MPEG-4
*	Code compatible high performance DSP
<http://www.dialinfolink.com.au/articles/19/0c013b19.asp>  [dial infolink,
28 Jan 03]
*	MPEG-4 on road  <http://news.com.com/2100-1023-982467.html> to
rights management [CNET News, 28 Jan 03] -  also about ISMA's DRM efforts
*	Cyberlink  <http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/3740.cfm>
(PowerDVD) and DivX networks team up [AfterDawn, 27 Jan 03]
*	Sorenson Squeeze 3 products shipping
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0301/27.sorenson.php>  [MacCentral, 27
Jan 03]
Member Releases
*	MPEG LA to  <http://www.mpegla.com/news/n_03-01-30_m4.html> Hold
MPEG-4 License Information Meeting in Tokyo, 10 February [MPEG LA, 30 Jan
03]
*	New Release of DivX Video Codec Supports High-Quality Playback
<http://www.divxnetworks.com/press/pr_detail.php?pr_id=48> on CE Devices
[DivXNetworks, 29 Jan 03]
*	Sorenson Squeeze 3, Winner of Macworld Best of Show and the
<http://www.sorenson.com/content.php?pageID=35&id=34&nav=7> NerdTV Encoder
Shootout ... [Sorenson, 27 Jan 03]
*	Popwire releases "Live Engine" for Sun's Linux Product Line
<http://www.mpegable.com/showPage.php?SPRACHE=UK&PAGE=news21> containing
dicas' MPEG-4 technology [dicas, 27 Jan 03
Other Releases
*	Audio and Video to Pioneer Multimedia Home Network Market
<http://www.instat.com/press.asp?ID=523&sku=IN020018MI>  [In-Stat/MDR, 28
Jan 03]
*	Navigator Technology Ventures Announces Investment in Sand
<http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.012703/230272599>
Video [Navigator Technology, 27 Jan 03]
*	CAST Releases MPEG-4 and JPEG 2000 IP Cores
<http://www.cast-inc.com/info/pr/news/2003/012703_mpeg4-jpeg2k.shtml>
[CAST, Inc., 27 Jan 03]
Events 
11-14 Feb 03
 <http://www.anzgraph.org/graphite2003/program.html#t06> Graphite 2003,
Melbourne	
5-10 Apr 03	  <http://www.nab.org/conventions/nab2003/> NAB 2003, Las
Vegas with an M4IF booth and MPEG Session.	
7 April, 1 - 5 pm	 MPEG SuperSession at NAB, organized by SMPTE and
M4IF. The Session focuses on MPEG-4, including talks on then newly approved
Advanced Video Coding and High Efficiency AAC, and a bit on MPEG-7 and
MPEG-21	
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