Friday 1 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 links to get an excerpt from the article in a 'tool tip'.

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.

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 Café 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 Café 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 [email protected]

Please visit www.m4if.org for more information on M4IF and its members.

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