[MPEGIF News] ISO/IEC FDIS ballot for MPEG-4 Part 10 closed: 100%approval

[Rob Koenen (MPEGIF)]

Thanks Gary,
this is great news. Congratulations to the (joint video) team 
and to its leaders: you, Thomas Wiegand and Ajay Luthra.
MPEGIF has added AVC to its 5th round of interoperability testing,
and several members and other companies already showed impressive 
technology demonstrations during IBC in Amsterdam in September. 
In anticipation of (and as a condition for) widescale deployment, 
we are eagerly awaiting resolution of the licensing situation. 
There has been news from VIA Licensing already, and we hope to 
hear from MPEG LA soon as well, after their pre-announcement in
September. 
In the spirit of the work that produced this important standard: 
Assembling the essential image coding experts in a single joint 
team was the key to the creation of the standard. 
Assembling the essential patents in a reasonable single joint 
license will be the key to its adoption.
Kind Regards,
Rob Koenen
President, MPEGIF
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Sullivan [mailto:garysull windows.microsoft.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2023 13:30
> To: MPEGIF news
> Subject: [MPEGIF News] ISO/IEC FDIS ballot for MPEG-4 Part 10 
> closed: 100%approval
> 
> 
> 
> The ISO/IEC final FDIS ballot closed last Tuesday October 
> 21st on ISO/IEC 14496-10 Advanced Video Coding (a.k.a. MPEG-4 
> AVC).  There were no negative votes.
> 
> Here is a summary of the results:
> 
> - Yes votes from 22 Participating-Members
> - Yes votes from 4 Observer-Members (Poland, Russian 
> Federation, Spain, and Ukraine)
> - Abstension from 1 Participating-Member (South Africa)
> - Abstensions from 2 Observer-Members (Brazil and Malaysia)
> 
> The required thresholds for approval are:
> - A minimum of 2/3 of the Participating-Members that vote Yes 
> or No must vote Yes.  This requirement was exceeded, with 
> 100% approval.
> - No more than 1/4 of all members that vote may vote No.  
> This requirement was exceeded, with 0% disapproval.
> 
> Many thanks to MPEG and its P-Members and O-Members, and 
> Congratulations to the JVT!
> 
> The initial standardization process for this specification is 
> now completely over.  It's up to others now, such as the 
> members of MPEG‑IF, to transform this important new standard 
> from a finished document into market-deployed robust 
> high-performance interoperable products.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> -Gary Sullivan
> 
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