[MPEGIF News] MPEGIF News Digest week 28

[Rob Koenen (MPEGIF)]

Digest shortly available online here:
<http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/m4if-digest-30028.php>
http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/m4if-digest-30028.php
13 July 2023 - MPEG-4 News Digest week 28, 2003
MPEG-4 News Readers,
M4IF held its Annual Meeting end of June. With unanimous member support,
M4IF decided to expand its focus to other MPEG upcoming standards, MPEG-7
and MPEG-21. You may have seen our
<http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/mp-out-30049.php> press release.
This change is effective immediately, and the Forum, now called MPEG
Industry Forum (
<http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/mp-out-30049.php> MPEGIF) is
accepting membership applications from companies that want to see MPEG-7 and
MPEG-21 universally adopted. 
In the short term, MPEG-4 will remain the focus of a large part of our
membership. We will keep using the M4IF name, domain name and logo, next to
the new domain name. Members with MPEG-7 and MPEG-21 interests have started
to develop specific activities to promote those standards. It is good to see
that many members are actually seeking to use these standard in combination.
In our trade shows and other activities, we will take an integrative
approach in showing what the standards mean for the interoperable deployment
of multimedia content and services.
Another innovation is a new category of Associate Membership: Personal
Membership. Many people who want to support MPEG standards have requested us
to join the Forum as individuals, but up until now, our Statutes only
allowed organizations to join. MPEGIF's Board is now working out the the
details which will be announced later, but this much is known already:
*	We are trying this out for one year, and will then evaluate if it is
worthwhile continuing
*	Membership is open to individuals who 1) actively support the
Forum's goals; 2) are not a member of a large company (these should really
join as a company)
*	Each membership is subject to approval by the Membership and
Nomination Committee (like all memberships)
*	The membership fee is 300 USD per year
*	Membership is for a year without automatic renewal, but individuals
who want to continue their membership can do so by simply paying the yearly
fee.
Meantime, MPEGIF recently signed up  <http://www.esstech.com/> ESS
Technology,  <http://www.digitalcontent.org.tw/> Digital Content Industry
Promotion Office, Taiwan,  <http://www.directv.com/> DirecTV and
<http://www.aiptek.com.tw/> AIPTEK as new Forum members. More new members
are in the pipeline, not just because of the expansion in focus, but notably
also because the enormous interest in the new
<file:///U:/_projects/MPEG%20Industry%20Forum/Digests/AIPTEK%20joins%20MPEG%
20Industry%20Forum%20[MPEGIF,%2008%20July%2003]> Advanced Video Coding
standard.
Forum Members: take advantage of the
<http://www.m4if.org/m4if/banner_ad.php> free banner ad when you pay your
membership dues in July!  
Kind Regards, 
Rob Koenen
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For Members ( <http://www.m4if.org/private/> Go To Member Part of Website)
*	 <outbind://47/private/documents/vault/mp-out-30045.zip> Marketing
Plan for the fiscal year 2003-2004 [M4IF, 11 July 03]
*	 <outbind://47/private/documents/vault/mp-in-30130.zip> MPEGIF
Marketing Action Items List - July 9 2003 [M4IF, 11 July 03]
*	 <outbind://47/private/documents/vault/mp-in-30129.zip> Board
Minutes from 8 July 2023 [M4IF, 10 July 03]
*
<http://www.3gsmworldcongress.com/congress/default.asp?url=/congress/forms/s
peakers.htm&static=on> Submit a paper to 3GSM World Congress, 23-27 Feb
2004, Cannes [3GSM, 07 July 03]
*	 <outbind://47/private/documents/vault/mp-in-30128.zip> Marketing
Workgroup Action Items List [M4IF, 07 July 03]
*	 <outbind://47/private/documents/vault/mp-out-30047.zip> Report of
the auditing committee for fiscal year 2001-2002 [M4IF, 03 July 03]
*	 <http://www.m4if.org/private/documents/meetings.php?meeting=13>
Approved Montreal Documents (Budget, Statutes, Antitrust Guidelines, etc.)
[MPEGIF, 03 July 03]
*	 <outbind://47/private/documents/vault/mp-out-30044.zip> Budget for
the 2003-2004 Fiscal Year [M4IF, 03 July 03]
*	 <outbind://47/private/documents/vault/m4-in-30125.zip> 2003/4 M4IF
Communications Plan [M4IF, 20 June 03]
*	 <outbind://47/private/documents/vault/m4-in-30123.zip> Minutes M4IF
Interop Conference Call (June 19, 2023) [M4IF, 19 June 03]
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News from M4IF ( <http://www.m4if.org/news/mpeg4.php> Archive of MPEG-4
News)
*	 <http://www.aiptek.com.tw/> AIPTEK joins MPEG Industry Forum
[MPEGIF, 08 July 03]
*	 <http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/mp-out-30049.php> Press
Release: MPEG Industry Forum to Promote All Emerging MPEG Standards [MPEGIF,
08 July 03]
*	 <http://www.directv.com/> DirecTV joins MPEG Industry Forum
[MPEGIF, 07 July 03]
*	 <http://www.digitalcontent.org.tw/> Digital Content Industry
Promotion Office, Taiwan joins MPEG Industry Forum [MPEGIF, 30 June 03]
*	 <http://www.esstech.com/> ESS Technology, Inc. joins MPEG Industry
Forum [M4IF, 30 June 03]
*	 <http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/mp-out-30040p.php>
Public resolutions of the 12th (Montreal) MPEG Industry Forum meeting [M4IF,
27 June 03]
*	 <http://www.m4if.org/resources/MPEG-4-WWDC.pdf> MPEG-4 Demystified
- Apple WWDC talk (4.5 Mbyte) [M4IF, 26 June 03]
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Recent News on MPEG-4 ( <http://www.m4if.org/news/mpeg4.php> Archive of
MPEG-4 News)
*	 <http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/OEG20030711S0028> NEC designs DTV
tuner into 3G cell phone [EETimes, 11 July 03]
*
<http://www.woai.com/news/cyberstuff/story.aspx?content_id=D03D7B39-51B8-455
7-B639-29E8EAF75316> Jetsons-Age Pocket TV Jukeboxes Arrive [WOAI.com, 09
July 03]
*	 <http://www.ericsson.com/telecomreport/home.asp?id=22&ma=1> The
MPEG-4 evolution (07:20 min video) [Ericsson, 09 July 03]
*	 <http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20030707S0048> Sharp, TI to offer
camera phone reference design [EE Times, 08 July 03]
*	 <http://www.internetnews.com/article.php/2231801> Sharp, TI
Fast-Track Camera Phones [internetnews.com, 07 July 03]
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Recent Member Press Releases ( <http://www.m4if.org/newsarchive/> Archive of
MPEG-4 Press Releases)
*	 <http://www.divxnetworks.com/press/pr_detail.php?pr_id=67>
DivXNetworks Opens First Office in Europe [DivXNetworks, 10 July 03]
*	 <http://www.divio.com/news/pr_030708.html> Divio NW901 MPEG-4 CODEC
Powers New Deja View Wearable Solid-State Camcorders [Divio, 09 July 03]
*	 <http://www.mpegable.com/showPage.php?SITE=dicas&PAGE=news27> US
Navy licenses mpegable MPEG-4 video coding technology [dicas, 08 July 03]
*	 <http://www.divxnetworks.com/press/pr_detail.php?pr_id=66> ESS
Technology Becomes DivXNetworks First Certified DVD Chip Partner
[DivXNetworks, 08 July 03]
*	 <http://www.mpegla.com/news/n_03-07-07_avc.html> Development of
joint Patent Licenses for H.264/MPEG-4AVC Makes Progress [MPEG LA, LLC, 07
July 03]
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Upcoming events and M4IF conference calls (
<http://www.m4if.org/news/calendar.php> Full M4IF
<http://www.m4if.org/news/calendar.php> Event Calendar)
*	
31 July 03 -  <http://www.m4if.org/private/board/meeting.php> MPEGIF Board
Conference Call
*	
17 July 03 -
<http://www.macworldexpo.com/macworld2003/V33/conference/session.cvn?eid=216
> MPEG-4 Session at Macworld, San Francisco, CA, USA 

*	
21-25 July 03 -  <http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com/meetings.htm> 56th MPEG
meeting, Trondheim, Norway 
*	
11-22 Aug 03 -  <http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/workshops/2003/#PAC> Audio
Coding Workshop, Palo Alto, CA, USA 
*	
25-28 Aug 03 -  <http://www.knk-mpeg.com/indexsem.html> KNK's MPEG-4 & AVC
Seminars, CA, USA
*	
11-16 Sept 03 -   <http://www.ibc.org/> IBC 2003, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
*	
30 Sept 03 - MPEG-4 panel at
<http://www.digitalhollywood.com/LAAgenda2003.html> Digital Hollywood, LA,
CA, US  
*	
23-27 Feb 04 -  <http://www.3gsmworldcongress.com/congress/> 3GSM, Cannes,
France
If you have any MPEG events - wherever they are - please send name, date,
place and link to  <mailto:events   m4if.org?subject=Event for M4IF
Calendar&body=M4IF Events,> events   m4if.org
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Please visit  <http://www.m4if.org/> www.mpegif.org for more information on
MPEGIF and its members.