MPEG Industry Forum Appoints Two New Board Members.FREMONT, Calif. -- The MPEG Industry Forum The MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF) is a non-profit consortium dedicated to "further the adoption of MPEG Standards, by establishing them as well accepted and widely used standards among creators of content, developers, manufacturers, providers of services, and end users. (MPEGIF (MPEG Industry Forum, www.mpegif.org) A Swiss not-for-profit organization devoted to the advancement of MPEG-4, MPEG-7 and MPEG-21 standards worldwide. Founded in 2000 as M4IF and renamed MPEGIF in 2003, the organization does not license MPEG, but is involved in discussions ), the world's largest advocacy group for MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). based technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Markus Moening (CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , MainConcept AG) and Sean McCarthy (Chief Scientist, Modulus Video) to its board of directors, which is now composed of Sebastian Moeritz - President (CEO, dicas) David Price - Vice President & Treasurer (Vice President, Harmonic) Rich Mavrogeanes (Founder and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of VBrick) Sean McCarthy (Chief Scientist, Modulus) Jan van der Meer Van der Meer is a Dutch surname that simply means the phrase 'from the lake' in English. Many years ago, descendants would have lived from a lake in the Netherlands which is how the name first originated. (Vice President, Business Development & Standards, Philips) Markus Moenig (CEO, MainConcept AG) Sangil Park (Senior Vice President, Corporate Venture Investment, Samsung Electronics) "We are extremely happy to welcome two industry experts of Markus' and Sean's caliber to our MPEGIF board. Both MainConcept and Modulus Video have been MPEGIF members for some years now and with our expanded team we can now much better operate and work on behalf of our members, especially in the areas of IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. , next generation television, and Mobile TV. "The work of the MPEGIF board is a direct response to a growing need to understand the complexities of the new age of television where standards based solutions are bringing a radically new personalized viewing experience to subscribers around the world," continued David Price, Vice President MPEGIF. The following companies represented on MPEGIF's board of directors will also be present at IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention 2006, taking place in Amsterdam from 8 to 12 September 2006: dicas 1.176 Harmonic 1.134 MainConcept AG 2.340 Modulus Video 1.144 Philips 1.181a Samsung 1.249 A full list of all further MPEGIF members exhibiting at IBC 2006 follows and an IBC 2006 MPEGIF Member Exhibitor Directory can be downloaded here http://www.mpegif.org/exhibitions/IBC2006/images/MemberGuide.pdf Advanced Digital Broadcast 1.111 Apple Computer 7.521 Canon Inc. 11.530 Coding Technologies 1.481 Envivio 1.550 Fraunhofer IIS M230/8.380 Hitachi Ltd. 11.231 MAYAH Communications GmbH 1.231 MnD 7.925 Neotion 1.146 Nokia 4.241/M224 NTT 6.003/1.441 NVIDIA 7.818 Pace Micro Technologies 1.221 Qualcomm Inc. M211 Radyne Comstream 1.239 Scientific-Atlanta Inc. 1.471 Sentivision Polska 3.116 Siemens AG 9.240 Sigma Designs 1.550 Tandberg Television 1.461 Zoran 2.340 MPEGIF is also presenting an informational FREE Supersession supersession see superseding. at IBC2006 entitled "Standards Based Technologies in IPTV Ecosystems." The session takes place on Saturday, 9th September, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in room O at the RAI Congress Centre. Industry experts from Alcatel, AT&T, France Telekom, T-Online, Telekom Austria, Pace, 3Vision, Quative, Harmonic and dicas representing the most influential players in next generation video entertainment multimedia and standards-based delivery exchange their views on trends and technologies that are changing the way digital multimedia is created, compressed, delivered and monetized. For more information please see http://www.mpegif.org/exhibitions/IBC2006/session.php. About the MPEG Industry Forum MPEGIF represents approximately 100 companies from diverse industries. MPEGIF member companies are evenly distributed across North America, Europe and Asia, addressing MPEG adoption issues that go beyond the charter of ISO/IEC ISO/IEC International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ITU-T M 3000) MPEG. Specifically focusing on the widespread adoption of MPEG-4 AVC and AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. , activities include marketing, interoperability and the MPEGIF Logo Qualification Program as well as presence at trade shows and extensive conference participation. For more information visit: http://www.mpegif.org, or contact Nicola Wissler at +1 510-744-4025, or by Email at nicola.wissler@mpegif.org. |
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