MPEG To Present Free Supersession At IBC

The MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF), one of the world's largest advocacy groups for MPEG based technologies, is presenting a free supersession at IBC 2006 titled 'Standards Based Technologies in IPTV Ecosystems' on September 9 beween 9.30 am and 1.00pm in Room O at the RAI Exhibition.
Industry experts from Alcatel, AT&T, France Telekom, T-Online, Telekom Austria, Pace, 3Vision, and Quative 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.
Sebastian Moeritz, President MPEGIF (and CEO at dicas) commented: “All the various aspects of the IPTV Ecosystem continue to be extremely hot topics in the market place. MPEGIF has, and will carry on playing a key role in informing, promoting, and networking the IPTV industry to facilitate even wider adoption of next generation standards based technologies such as MPEG-4 AVC/H.264.”
David Price, Vice President MPEGIF (and Vice President at Harmonic Inc.). For almost 5 years MPEGIF has organized Supersessions at the major events in the broadcast industry such as IBC and NAB. These have proved instrumental in promoting the adoption of standards based solutions as television technology continues to evolve.”
The format of this FREE Supersession will be two keynotes and two panels as well as a brief update on MPEGIF’s activities including the MPEGIF Logo Qualification program.
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