From rob.koenen mpegif.org Wed Sep 10 16:34:22 2003 From: rob.koenen mpegif.org (Rob Koenen (MPEGIF)) Date: Wed Sep 10 19:51:34 2003 Subject: [MPEGIF News] News Digest week 31-36 Message-ID: <002101c377eb$afd15f60$b00a010a@corp.intertrust.com> Digest available online here: http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/m4if-digest-30031.php Wednesday, 10 August 2023 - MPEG-4 News Digest week 31-36, 2003 MPEGIF News Readers, The MPEGIF News Digest returns after a couple of weeks of vacation. There is much news! Most important is the upcoming International Broadcasting Convention , starting later this week. MPEGIF will be present with 8 of its member companies: Ahead Software, Coding Technologies, Dicas, Fraunhofer, Mindego, Sand Video, VidTools and Vsofts. They will show MPEG-4 technology (encoding, decoding, authoring, testing - including the revolutionary AVC codec) and a bit of MPEG-7. See MPEGIF's special IBC Web Pages with a show guide to MPEG-4 and MPEG-7 technology and an overview of relevant Conference papers and sessions. A new feature on our website lets you hover the mouse over many of the news links, to get an excerpt from the article in a 'tool tip'. Try it out, it's cool. New members since our last News Digest are Vqual, MAYAH, Centrality Communications, Sand Video, PELCO, Vsofts, Mindego, and SkyStream. Welcome! MPEGIF is growing at a healthy rate, reflecting the interest in MPEG standards, interoperability, and the Forum's supporting activities in getting the standards adopted. Hypermedium is organizing the AV Cafe during ITU Telecom 2003 from 12-18 October, with cooperation of MPEGIF and Harmonic. The opportunity to exhibit at Telecom 03 in a great environment at very attractive rates has been extended to the entire MPEGIF community - including subscribers of or News list. See details The next News Digest will follow a bit later this week, as a special IBC edition. Best Regards, Rob Koenen _____ * Join the Advanced Video Caf? at ITU Telecom World - Oct 12-18 [Hypermedium, 05 Sept 03] Recent News on MPEG-4/-7/-21 (Archive of MPEG News) * NTU reveal [MPEG-7] multimedia software research results [Taipei Times, 05 Sept 03] * Emblaze uses accelerators to handle video for handhelds [EE Times, 04 Sept 03] * New multimedia chip from Emblaze [cellular-news, 04 Sept 03] * DivXNetworks updates video codec [c|net, 03 Sept 03] * Panasonic Shows Palm-Size Digicams [PC World, 02 Sept 03] * Soap Boxes [AudioVideo Interiors, 28 Aug 03] * What's New: Media players [Popular Science, 28 Aug 03] * Prices for DVD player single-chip solutions dip to US$7 [digitimes.com, 26 Aug 03] * Motorola unveils eight handsets and one ?secret weapon? [DigiTimes.com, 22 Aug 03] * Europe's Microsoft 'remedy' could have ripple effect [EE Times, 22 Aug 03] * ESS Technology buys Divio Inc. for $27.1 million [Mercury News, 21 Aug 03] * Deep down under: Ballard, technology take viewers to ancient ... [NarrangnasettTimes.com, 20 Aug 03] * MPEG-4 encoder on an embedded parallel DSP [EE Times, 19 Aug 03] * Standards future shock (Ciciora's corner) [CED Magazine, 19 Aug 03] * special issue on H.264/AVC standard of IEEE CSVT (access may require payment) [IEEE, 19 Aug 03] * Wi-Fi For Home Security [Forbes, 13 Aug 03] * Sony launches new professional products [TechCentral, 12 Aug 03] * Europe's Microsoft 'remedy' could have ripple effect [EE Times, 11 Aug 03] * Microsoft swimming upstream with Windows Media [CNET News.com, 11 Aug 03] * Sanyo Shows Off Cell Phone With Integrated Television Tuner [BargainPDA.com, 09 Aug 03] * Moviemaker for P800 now available for OS X [MacCentral, 01 Aug 03] * Cable or Satellite? Please Stay Tuned [New York Times, 31 July 03] * MPEG approves another MPEG-21 Technology [MPEG, 30 July 03] _____ Member and Partner Press Releases (Archive of MPEG Press Releases) * Join the Advanced Video Caf? at ITU Telecom World - Oct 12-18 [Hypermedium, 05 Sept 03] * MAYAH and dicas co-operating on MPEG-4 video products [dicas/Mayah, 05 Sept 03] * Ultra Compact D-Snap(TM) Camcorder Records DVD Quality on Removable SD Card [Panasonic, 04 Sept 03] * Release of DivX 5.1 Sets New Standard For Digital Video [DivXNetworks, 03 Sept 03] * Vprove supports MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile [Vqual, 03 Sept 03] * Sand Video to Demonstrate AVC/H.264 High Def PVR/DVR Technology at IBC2003 [Sand Video, 02 Sept 03] * EM8610 Powers KiSS Technology's HD Plasma TV Integrated With DVD and Wireless Internet [Sigma Designs, 01 Sept 03] * Pinnacle Creates A Digital Bridge From The PC To The TV With Sigma Designs [Sigma Designs, 01 Sept 03] * Philips unveils fully integrated System-on-Chip solution for hybrid LCD and digital TVs [Philips Semiconductors, 28 Aug 03] * 2004 Storage Visions/Home Gateway Conference Announces CES Partner... [Storage Visions, 28 Aug 03] * Industry join forces to support MPEG's IPMP Extensions Framework [CRL Ltd, 26 Aug 03] * Octaga releases Octagon Free Player for VRML and X3D [Octaga AS, 22 Aug 03] * iVAST Announces Version 3.0 Release [iVAST, 20 Aug 03] * ESS Technology Acquires Divio, Inc. [ESS Technology, 18 Aug 03] * Sigma Designs, Mediabolic To Provide Platforms For Consumer Entertainment Products [Sigma Designs, 12 Aug 03] * Nero 6 Moves Ahead of the Disc-Creation Pack [PC Magazine, 12 Aug 03] * Canopus Co., Ltd Licenses DivX? Technology [DivXNetworks, 07 Aug 03] * Apple Releases DVD Studio Pro 2 [Apple, 06 Aug 03] * Black Sea Research Expedition Streamed Live to the World with VBXcast from VBrick Systems [VBrick, 06 Aug 03] * Realnetworks and Helix community to build open source media player for Linux, Solaris and Unix [RealNetworks, 06 Aug 03] * Solution Integrates Advanced Multimedia Capabilities Into a Dual-Mode WCDMA (UMTS) Chipset [Qualcomm, 06 Aug 03] * Alcatel Licenses Hantro?s Multimedia Framework Based Video Technology for Integration in its Future [Hantro, 05 Aug 03] * ESS Technology Reports Second Quarter 2003 Results [ESS Technology, 30 July 03] _____ Other Press Releases (Archive of MPEG Press Releases) * Ligos Announces H.264 Video Development Plans Based on Intel Platforms [Ligos, 03 Sept 03] * New Linksys Wireless-B Internet Video Camera Sends Live Video Over Web [Linksys, 03 Sept 03] * Kasenna(TM) Delivers 5000th VOD Server to SureWest Communications [Kasenna, 03 Sept 03] * Venus Telephone Corp. Selects Optibase to Deliver Live TV Over Telephone Lines [Optibase, 25 Aug 03] * Media Excel offers affordable, highest quality MPEG-4 streaming for Windows [Media Excel, 21 Aug 03] * Magix Announces Movie Edit Pro 2004 For Consumers [Music Industry News, 06 Aug 03] _____ Upcoming events and M4IF conference calls (Full M4IF Event Calendar) * 11-16 Sept 03 - IBC 2003 , Amsterdam, Netherlands * 30 Sept 03 - MPEG-4 panel at Digital Hollywood, LA, CA, US * 12-18 Oct 03 - AVCafe @ Telecom 2003, Geneva, CH * 20-24 Oct 03 - 66th MPEG meeting, Gold Coast, Australia * 08-12 Dec 03 - 67th MPEG , Hawaii, US * 13-16 Jan 04 3G Moble World Forum, , Tokyo * 23-27 Feb 04 - 3GSM , Cannes, France If you have any MPEG-4 events - wherever they are - please send name, date, place and link to events@m4if.org _____ Please visit www.m4if.org for more information on M4IF and its members. >From news to tutorials, events to products & services M4IF is your source when it comes to MPEG-4, the Media Standard. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/news/attachments/20030910/3af12b06/attachment-0001.html From rob.koenen mpegif.org Thu Sep 11 08:35:43 2003 From: rob.koenen mpegif.org (Rob Koenen (MPEGIF)) Date: Thu Sep 11 10:35:53 2003 Subject: [MPEGIF News] News Digest week 31-36 In-Reply-To: <002101c377eb$afd15f60$b00a010a@corp.intertrust.com> Message-ID: <004e01c37871$fb458260$b00a010a@corp.intertrust.com> I wrote in yesterday's Digest: > Digest available online here: > http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/m4if-digest-30031.php That should have been http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/mpif-digest-30031.php Regards, Rob From rob.koenen mpegif.org Fri Sep 12 02:51:02 2003 From: rob.koenen mpegif.org (Rob Koenen (MPEGIF)) Date: Fri Sep 12 05:09:32 2003 Subject: [MPEGIF News] News on AVC Licensing Terms Message-ID: <000001c3790a$ff061b50$b39607c3@corp.intertrust.com> MPEGIF News Readers, One of the nmost hotly debated issues surrounding the adoption of MPEG technoloy is licensing. The debate recently focused on Advanced Video Coding licensing, for which the market eagerly seeks reassurances. No doubt, this will be the issue of many discussions at IBC the coming 5 days. Yesterday and today, important announcements were made by two agents working on AVC licensing. Copying from our home page, http:///www.m4if.org: * Joint Patent License for H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Continues to Advance; MPEG LA and Essential IP Owners to Meet Twice in September [MPEG LA, 11 Sept 03] * Via Licensing Announces Preliminary AVC Licensing Terms [Via Licensing, 12 Sept 03] * Preliminary Licensing Terms for AVC from VIA Licensing [Via Licensing, 12 Sept 03] While I will leave it to the reader to read and interpret the news, I will say that it is encouraging to see that licensors understand the urgence of getting this resolved, and it is equally encouraging that the concerns over the MPEG-4 part 2 joint license are apparently recognized and addressed. 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