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  Friday, 23 January 2003 - MPEG-4 News Digest week 4, 2004

MPEGIF News Readers,

After a few months of absence, for a variety of reasons, the MPEGIF News Digest returns to your mailbox - which is where it should be. We are picking up where we left off just before IBC in September 2003.

Much has happened since our last Digest. The much anticipated Advanced Video Coding standard (H.264 | MPEG-4 p.10) went through its last official stage in ISO. Licensing terms for AVC were announced by MPEGLA and VIA Licensing and MPEGIF is undertaking a survey among potential users which was thus far advertised in only a fairly small community. Because we have received serious and useful submissions, we are advertising a bit more widely and have extended the deadline until Thursday 29 January. The intention of the survey is mainly to provide licensors with structured market feedback, and your input is welcome.

In other licensing news, there is now a one-stop shop license for High Efficiency AAC - good news for potential users of this break-through audio coding scheme.

The news is mainly from CES, and note the Harmonic announcement, which may signify the first commercial AVC deployment.

MPEGIF is launching its first MPEG-7 list: mp7-tech. Just like mp4-tech, it will be a great resource for engineers and other people trying to understand the MPEG-7 standard. Non-technical discussion on MPEG-7 can take place on our discuss list, and the News list will carry the MPEG-7 news. Please subscribe here to all of these lists, including the very active mp4-tech list.

Kind Regards,

Rob Koenen
(President, MPEGIF)

Recent News on MPEG-4/-7/-21 (Archive of MPEG News)

• Via takes Nvidia head on with DX9 future parts [The Inquirer, 20 Jan 04]
• Submit papers for SPIE 2nd Annual Special Session on AVC [SPIE, 20 Jan 04]
• Amphion joins IBM program [EE Times, 16 Jan 04]
• Texas Instruments Powers Next-Generation IP Set Top Boxes From Kreatel For Advanced Digital TV [TI, 13 Jan 04]
• Linksys New DVD Player With Wireless-G Media Link Plays DVDs, Digital Videos, ... [Stockwatch, 09 Jan 04]
• Lynuxworks Bluecat Linux Powering Protocom Mpeg-4 Audio Visual Codec For ... [EmbeddedTechnology.com, 09 Jan 04]
• Sharp Introduces 45-inch, 1080p LCD Panel [PC Magazine, 09 Jan 04]
• ATI puts 3D graphics in mobile phones [ZD Net, 08 Jan 04]
• Archos Shows Tiny Video Recoder [Ziff Davis Media, 08 Jan 04]
• Panasonic Focuses on New Cameras [ExtremeTech, 07 Jan 04]
• Miglia AlchemyTV DVR now G5-compatible [MacNN, 06 Jan 04]
• P800 now knows what video is [News.PDA Live!, 05 Jan 04]
• Five Giants in Technology Unite to Deter File Sharing [New York Times, 05 Jan 04]

Member and Partner Press Releases (Archive of  MPEG Press Releases)

• Leading U.K. Video-Over-DSL Provider Chooses Harmonic Digital Video Headend ... [Harmonic, Inc., 22 Jan 04]
• PRODYS: Leading Performance, Quality in MPEG-4 Video Based on TI's 1GHz DSPs [Prodys, 19 Jan 04]
• NeoMagic's(R) Apps Processor a Key Component in DT Circuit Technology's MPEG-4 Module [Neomagic, 14 Jan 04]
• Vprove speeds H.264/AVC development [Vqual web-site, 13 Jan 04]
• Zoran Announces Seventh Generation DVD Multimedia Processor [Zoran, 06 Jan 04]
• Sand Video's Industry's First-Ever Silicon AVC/H.264 HD Real-Time Decoder Chip at CES [Sand Video, 06 Jan 04]

Other Press Releases (Archive of  MPEG Press Releases)

• enikos releases free MPEG-21 Digital Item browser - DIBrowser [enikos, 21 Jan 04]
• SeaChange, Net Insight and Kreatel Provide Integrated VoD Solution for Triple Play [Kreatel etc., 20 Jan 04]
• Reality Commerce Corp, MAVIX U.S.A. Announce MPEG4-based Video Surveillance [RCC, 19 Jan 04]
• Onkey Launches Industry's First Real-time Security DVR Using 1 GHz DSP Technology [Onkey, 19 Jan 04]
• Orban Releases The First MPEG-4 aacPlus Streaming Audio Encoder [Orban, 14 Jan 04]
• Internet Movies Invade the Family Room with DVOne DivX DVD Player from Pixa [Pixa, 09 Jan 04]

Upcoming events and M4IF conference calls (Full M4IF Event Calendar)

• 23-27 Feb 04 - 3GSM, Cannes, France
• 26-30 Jan 04 - KNK MPEG-4/7 & AVC Seminars, CA, USA
• 04-06 Feb 04 - Technology Retreat, La Quinta, CA, USA
• 23-27 Feb 04 - 3GSM, Cannes, Fr
• 17-22 Apr 04 - NAB2004, Las Vegas, US
• 15-18 June 04 - BroadcastAsia, Singapore
• 17-19 June 04 - 25th AES, London

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 MPEGIF and its members.