[M4IF News] MPEG-4 News Digest week 18

Sun May 4 22:58:20 EDT 2003

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Sunday, 4 May 2024 - MPEG-4 News Digest week 18, 2003
MPEG-4 News Readers,
A lot of news this week around Apple's release of its online music store,
using MPEG-4 AAC audio coding. The popular iPod now supports AAC in MP4 file
format. Many tools in the Apple ecosystem were released with support for
MPEG-4 AAC. QuickTime 6 already supported the format. (Brief note on the
side: MPEG  <http://www.m4if.org/public/documents/vault/m4-out-30036.zip>
AAC was developed by MPEG <http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com/> , not by
Dolby. The wording in Apple's press
<http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/apr/28musicstore.html> release is
unfortunate, leading to misrepresentation in the press.)
the 2003 edition of Broadcast  <http://www.broadcast-asia.com/> Asia 2003,
scheduled for June 17-20 in Singapore, has been cancelled. CommunicAsia2003
will also be cancelled. This is a severe blow to one of the Asian region's
most widely attended shows. Given the situation around SARS in Singapore and
other parts of Asia, exhibitors and visitors alike had expressed concerns
about their safety at the show. The next BroadcastAsia is scheduled to take
place from 15-18 June 2004.
M4IF will hold its next (annual) membership meeting
<http://www.m4if.org/meetings/12thMeeting/index.php>  on 26 and 27 June in
Montreal. Contact  <mailto:Paul.Ritchie   m4if.org?subject=Sample 12th M4IF
meeting> Paul Ritchie if you are a non-member interested in joining M4IF and
want to sample this meeting. SARS concerns have been raised, and we are
monitoring the situation closely. M4IF's Board emphasizes that no SARS cases
have been reported in Montreal and that the city is 600 km. from Toronto.
Kind Regards,
Rob Koenen
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attractive 130x130 pixel banner. Three ads are already up. M4IF's website
has well over 10,000 unique sessions weekly, and usage is still growing.
Contact Peter  <mailto:peter.haighton   m4if.org?subject=M4IF home page banner
ad> Haighton for details.
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Recent News on MPEG-4 ( <http://www.m4if.org/news/mpeg4.php> Archive of
MPEG-4 News)
*	VBrick Systems Wins N+I 'Best Of Interop'
<http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=41668>
[CRN, 01 May 03] - "VBrick Systems' VBXcast MPEG-4 video appliance was
awarded the NetWorld Interop "Best Of Interop" Grand Prize in a competition
that pitted products from hundreds of networking and wireless vendors
against one another." 
*	Video Chip Market Booms
<http://www.e-insite.net/electronicnews/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=C
A296224&spacedesc=news>  [Electronic News, 01 May 03] - "In terms of units,
the MPEG-4 market will explode from 6 million units in 2002 to nearly 90
million in 2006, while the standard is becoming the de facto one for
portable and streaming video applications, according to [research firm the
Information Network]" 
*	Apple's  <http://news.com.com/2100-1027-998880.html> music:
Microsoft's sour note? [CNET News, 30 Apr 03] - An analysis of the landscape
of open standards vs. proprietary systems in the context of Apple's iTunes
music store, which uses MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding (AAC). 
*	X3D  <http://www.web3d.org/news/MPEG4Call.htm> Interactive Profile
For MPEG-4 Call For Implementations [Web3D Consortium, 29 Apr 03] - Late
find, it's been up for a while.
*	Memory architecture gets focus from IMEC
<http://www.eetuk.com/tech/news/OEG20030429S0031>  [EE Times, 29 Apr 03] 
*	Apple Sticks With Akamai
<http://boston.internet.com/news/article.php/2198031>  [boston.internet, 29
Apr 03] - "Akamai has the scalable infrastructure to support the incredible
momentum surrounding QuickTime 6 and meet the growing demand for
high-quality, MPEG-4 based content," said Philip Schiller, an Apple senior
vice president." 
*	Apple's Making Serious Music
<http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/2197271>
[siliconvalley.internet, 28 Apr 03]
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Recent Member Press Releases ( <http://www.m4if.org/newsarchive/> Archive of
MPEG-4 Press Releases)
*	Via Licensing Expands Call for Essential MPEG-4 Audio
<http://www.vialicensing.com/news/pr_pr_0304_CallForMPEG-4AudioPatents.html>
Patents [Via Licensing, 29 Apr 03]
*	Apple Introduces New iPods
<http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/apr/28ipod.html>  [Apple, 28 Apr 03]
*	MPEG-4 Industry Executive Shawn Ambwani joins Nextreaming
<http://www.nextreaming.com/prm/pressrel_view_20030428.asp>  [Nextreaming
Corporation, 28 Apr 03]
*	Apple Launches the iTunes Music Store
<http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/apr/28musicstore.html>  [Apple, 28 Apr
03]
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Other Recent Press Releases ( <http://www.m4if.org/newsarchive/> Archive of
MPEG-4 Press Releases)
*	Archos Ships Video AV120 and its Digital Video Recorder Module
<http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/cb_headline.cgi?&story_file=bw.050203/2
31225301> -- The Ultimate ... [Archos, 02 May 03]
*	mac:method Updates AACelerator With iTunes 4 Support
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2003/05/02.2.shtml>  [The Mac Observer,
02 May 03]
*	Totally Hip Releases LiveStage Professional 4.1 for Mac OS X,
<http://www.totallyhip.com/lo/about_thsw/hip_med/arc/04_30_2003.html> Adds
... [Totally Hip, 30 Apr 03]
*	Wildform Updates Flix Pro - Version 3.2 adds MPEG-4 import
<http://www.creativemac.com/2003/04_apr/news/wildform030430.htm>  [Creative
Mac, 30 Apr 03] 
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Upcoming events and M4IF conference calls (
<http://www.m4if.org/news/calendar.php> Full M4IF
<http://www.m4if.org/news/calendar.php> Event Calendar)
*	13 May 03 - M4IF Board
<http://www.m4if.org/private/board/meeting.php> Conference Call 
*	15 May 03 - M4IF  <http://www.m4if.org/private/interop/meeting.php>
Interop WG Conference Call 
*	05-08 May 03 - Streaming Media NY
<http://www.streamingmedia.com/ny/program/session.asp?id=587>  (Significant
discount for M4IF  <http://www.m4if.org/m4if/benefits/smny2003.php> members
applies) 
*	12-14 May 03 - KNK's MPEG-4 Seminars
<http://www.knk-mpeg.com/indexsem.html> Sunnyvale, CA, USA
*	15 May 03 - KNK MPEG-7 Seminar,  <http://www.knk-mpeg.com/mpeg7.htm>
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
*	15-16 May 03 - TV Meets the Web <http://www.tvmeetstheweb.com/> ,
Amsterdam, NL (with panel on standards)
*	16 May 03 - Advanced Video Coding (H.264/MPEG-4) by KNK Seminars
<http://www.knk-mpeg.com/indexsem.html>  Sunnyvale, CA, USA
*	20-22 May 03 - Mediacast 2003
<http://www.mediacast.co.uk/page.cfm/Link=61> , London, UK 
*	17-20 June 03 - Broadcast Asia <http://www.broadcast-asia.com/> ,
Singapore IS CANCELLED 
*	20 June 03 - KNK's AVC|H.264
<http://www.knk-mpeg.com/toronto-upsem.htm> Seminar,  Toronto, Canada
*	26-27 June 03 -  <http://www.m4if.org/> Annual M4IF meeting,
Montreal, Canada
*	23-27 June 03 - Apple
<http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/descriptions.html> WWDC,  San Francisco, US
*	21-25 July 03 - 56th MPEG meeting
<http://mpeg.telecomitalialab.com/meetings.htm> , Trondheim, Norway
*	17 July MPEG-4 Session at Macworld
<http://www.macworldexpo.com/macworld2003/V33/conference/session.cvn?eid=216
> , San Francisco, CA, USA
*	11-22 Aug 03 - Audio Coding Workshop
<http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/workshops/2003/#PAC> , Palo Alto, CA, USA
*	11-16 Sept 03 -  IBC  <http://www.ibc.org/> 2003, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
We would like to make the Calendar more global. If you have other 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> 
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