[MPEGIF News] News Digest week 31-36

Wed Sep 10 16:34:22 EDT 2003

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
<http://www.ibc.org/> , 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
<http://www.m4if.org/exhibitions/IBC2003/> 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 <http://www.hypermedium.com/AVC/>
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
<http://www.hypermedium.com/AVC/> 
The next News Digest will follow a bit later this week, as a special IBC
edition.
Best Regards,
Rob Koenen
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*	Join the Advanced  <http://www.hypermedium.com/AVC/> Video Café at
ITU Telecom World - Oct 12-18 [Hypermedium, 05 Sept 03]
Recent News on MPEG-4/-7/-21 (Archive of MPEG
<http://www.m4if.org/news/mpeg4.php> News)
*	NTU reveal [MPEG-7] multimedia software research results
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/09/05/2003066523>
[Taipei Times, 05 Sept 03]
*	Emblaze  <http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20030903S0014> uses
accelerators to handle video for handhelds [EE Times, 04 Sept 03]
*	New  <http://www.cellular-news.com/story/9652.shtml> multimedia chip
from Emblaze [cellular-news, 04 Sept 03]
*	DivXNetworks  <http://news.com.com/2110-1025-5070586.html> updates
video codec [c|net, 03 Sept 03]
*	Panasonic Shows Palm-Size Digicams
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/pcworld/20030902/tc_pcworld/
112275>  [PC World, 02 Sept 03]
*	Soap Boxes
<http://www.audiovideointeriors.com/Features/0903_features01/>  [AudioVideo
Interiors, 28 Aug 03]
*	What's New: Media players
<http://www.popsci.com/popsci/computers/article/0,12543,478418,00.html>
[Popular Science, 28 Aug 03]
*	Prices for DVD player single-chip solutions dip to US$7
<http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article1.asp?datePublish=2003/08/26&pages
=A5&seq=18>  [digitimes.com, 26 Aug 03]
*	Motorola unveils eight handsets and one ‘secret weapon’
<http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2003/08/22&pages=
08&seq=58>  [DigiTimes.com, 22 Aug 03]
*	Europe's Microsoft 'remedy' could have ripple effect
<http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20030811S0019>  [EE Times, 22 Aug 03]
*	ESS Technology buys Divio Inc. for $27.1 million
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6561187.htm>  [Mercury News,
21 Aug 03]
*	Deep down under: Ballard, technology take viewers to ancient
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=10031577&BRD=1714&PAG=461&dept_id
=73829&rfi=6> ... [NarrangnasettTimes.com, 20 Aug 03]
*	MPEG-4 encoder on an embedded parallel DSP
<http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20030818S0081>  [EE Times, 19 Aug 03]
*	Standards future shock (Ciciora's corner)
<http://www.cedmagazine.com/ced/2003/0803/08cic.htm>  [CED Magazine, 19 Aug
03]
*	special issue on H.264/AVC standard of IEEE CSVT (access may
<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isNumber=27384> require
payment) [IEEE, 19 Aug 03]
*	Wi-Fi For Home Security
<http://www.forbes.com/execpicks/2003/08/13/cx_ah_0813tentech.html>
[Forbes, 13 Aug 03]
*	Sony launches new professional products
<http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2003/8/12/technology/60424
61&sec=technology>  [TechCentral, 12 Aug 03]
*	Europe's Microsoft 'remedy' could have ripple effect
<http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/OEG20030811S0082>  [EE Times, 11 Aug 03]
*	Microsoft swimming upstream with Windows Media
<http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020415,39115621,00.htm>  [CNET News.com, 11
Aug 03]
*	Sanyo Shows Off Cell Phone With Integrated Television Tuner
<http://www.bargainpda.com/default.asp?newsID=1543&showComments=true>
[BargainPDA.com, 09 Aug 03]
*	Moviemaker for P800 now available for OS X
<http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/08/01/moviemaker/>  [MacCentral,
01 Aug 03]
*	Cable or Satellite? Please Stay Tuned
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/31/technology/circuits/31teev.html>  [New
York Times, 31 July 03]
*	MPEG approves another MPEG-21 Technology
<http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/meetings/trondheim03/trondheim_press.htm>
[MPEG, 30 July 03]
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Member and Partner Press Releases (Archive of
<http://www.m4if.org/newsarchive/>   MPEG Press Releases)
*	Join the Advanced  <http://www.hypermedium.com/AVC/> Video Café at
ITU Telecom World - Oct 12-18 [Hypermedium, 05 Sept 03]
*	MAYAH and dicas co-operating on MPEG-4 video products
<http://www.mpegable.com/showPage.php?SITE=dicas&PAGE=news29>  [dicas/Mayah,
05 Sept 03]
*	Ultra  <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030904/nyth111_1.html> 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
<http://www.divxnetworks.com/press/pr_detail.php?pr_id=71>  [DivXNetworks,
03 Sept 03]
*	Vprove supports MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile
<http://www.vqual.biz/News_pr.html#Aug2003VproveASP>  [Vqual, 03 Sept 03]
*	Sand Video to Demonstrate AVC/H.264 High Def PVR/DVR Technology
<http://www.birnbachcom.com/news/SandVideoatIBC.shtml> at IBC2003 [Sand
Video, 02 Sept 03]
*	EM8610 Powers KiSS Technology's HD Plasma TV Integrated With DVD
<http://www.sigmadesigns.com/news/press_releases/030901a.htm> and Wireless
Internet [Sigma Designs, 01 Sept 03]
*	Pinnacle Creates A Digital Bridge From The PC To The TV With
<http://www.sigmadesigns.com/news/press_releases/030901.htm> Sigma Designs
[Sigma Designs, 01 Sept 03]
*	Philips unveils fully integrated System-on-Chip solution for
<http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/news/content/file_982.html> hybrid
LCD and digital TVs [Philips Semiconductors, 28 Aug 03]
*	2004 Storage Visions/Home Gateway Conference Announces CES
<http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.082703/232395411>
Partner... [Storage Visions, 28 Aug 03]
*	Industry join forces to support MPEG's IPMP Extensions
<http://www.crl.co.uk/projects/moses/Public/docs/IPMPX%20PressRelease.pdf>
Framework [CRL Ltd, 26 Aug 03]
*	Octaga  <http://www.octaga.com/OctagonFreePlayer.pdf> releases
Octagon Free Player for VRML and X3D [Octaga AS, 22 Aug 03]
*	iVAST Announces Version 3.0 Release
<http://www.ivast.com/company/press/2003/iVASTv3.0Release_082003.pdf>
[iVAST, 20 Aug 03]
*	ESS Technology Acquires Divio, Inc.
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030818/sfm019_1.html>  [ESS Technology, 18 Aug
03]
*	Sigma Designs, Mediabolic To Provide Platforms For Consumer
<http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/cb_headline.cgi?&story_file=bw.081203/2
32245087> Entertainment Products [Sigma Designs, 12 Aug 03]
*	Nero 6 Moves Ahead of the Disc-Creation Pack
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1218235,00.asp>  [PC Magazine, 12 Aug
03]
*	Canopus Co., Ltd Licenses DivX® Technology
<http://www.divxnetworks.com/press/pr_detail.php?pr_id=69>  [DivXNetworks,
07 Aug 03]
*	Apple Releases DVD Studio Pro 2
<http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/aug/06dvdsp.html>  [Apple, 06 Aug 03]
*	Black Sea Research Expedition Streamed Live to the World with
<http://www.vbrick.com/pressrelease/08062003_BlackSea.html> VBXcast from
VBrick Systems [VBrick, 06 Aug 03]
*	Realnetworks and Helix community to build open source media
<http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2003/helixplayer.html>
player for Linux, Solaris and Unix [RealNetworks, 06 Aug 03]
*	Solution Integrates Advanced Multimedia Capabilities Into a
<http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/news/2003/218/news7.html> Dual-Mode WCDMA
(UMTS) Chipset [Qualcomm, 06 Aug 03]
*	Alcatel Licenses Hantro’s Multimedia Framework Based Video
<http://www.hantro.com/en/news/2003/08/05/alcatel> Technology for
Integration in its Future [Hantro, 05 Aug 03]
*	ESS Technology Reports Second Quarter 2003 Results
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030730/sfw056_1.html>  [ESS Technology, 30 July
03]
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Other Press Releases (Archive of <http://www.m4if.org/newsarchive/>   MPEG
Press Releases)
*	Ligos Announces H.264 Video Development Plans Based on Intel
<http://www.ligos.com/company_press_090303.htm> Platforms [Ligos, 03 Sept
03]
*	New Linksys Wireless-B Internet Video Camera Sends Live Video
<http://www.linksys.com/press/press.asp?prid=135> Over Web [Linksys, 03 Sept
03]
*	Kasenna(TM) Delivers 5000th VOD Server to SureWest
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030903/sfw039_1.html> Communications [Kasenna,
03 Sept 03]
*	Venus Telephone Corp. Selects
<http://www.m4if.org/newsarchive/Furthermore,%20the%20flexible%20design%20of
%20Optibase/> Optibase to Deliver Live TV Over Telephone Lines [Optibase, 25
Aug 03]
*	Media Excel offers affordable, highest quality MPEG-4 streaming
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030821/nyth046_1.html> for Windows [Media
Excel, 21 Aug 03]
*	Magix Announces Movie Edit Pro 2004 For Consumers
<http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=55343>  [Music Industry News, 06
Aug 03]
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Upcoming events and M4IF conference calls (Full M4IF
<http://www.m4if.org/news/calendar.php> Event
<http://www.m4if.org/news/calendar.php> Calendar)
*	
11-16 Sept 03 -  IBC 2003 <http://www.ibc.org/> , Amsterdam, Netherlands 
*	
30 Sept 03 - MPEG-4 panel at Digital
<http://www.digitalhollywood.com/LAAgenda2003.html> Hollywood, LA, CA, US
*	
12-18 Oct 03 - AVCafe @ Telecom  <http://www.hypermedium.com/AVC/> 2003,
Geneva, CH
*	
20-24 Oct 03 - 66th  <http://www.enikos.com/mpeg66> MPEG meeting, Gold
Coast, Australia
*	
08-12 Dec 03 - 67th MPEG <http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/meetings.htm> ,
Hawaii, US
*	
13-16 Jan 04 3G Moble World Forum,
<http://www.3gmobileforum.com/flash_index.htm> , Tokyo
*	23-27 Feb 04 - 3GSM <http://www.3gsmworldcongress.com/congress/> ,
Cannes, France 
If you have any MPEG-4 events - wherever they are - please send name, date,
place and link to events m4if.org <mailto:events m4if.org?subject=Event for
M4IF Calendar&body=M4IF Events,> 
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M4IF and its members. 
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when it comes to MPEG-4, the Media Standard.
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