Over 20 MPEG Industry Forum Members Exhibiting at IBC2007

August 23, 2007

Source: The MPEG industry forum

The MPEG Industry Forum, the world’s largest advocacy group for the promotion of MPEG technologies, is pleased to announce that the following 23 member companies will be exhibiting at IBC 2007 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, between Friday, 7 September and Tuesday 11 September 2007.

· Apple 7.620

· Cinea Inc 2.218

· Coding Technologies 12P.100

· dicas 1.180

· Envivio 4.260

· Fraunhofer IIS M282/8.381

· Harmonic Inc 1.361

· Hitachi 11.650

· InCrew Software IP125

· MainConcept 2.340

· Mitsubishi Electric 11.541

· Motorola 1.144

· NagraVision IP142

· NTT 1.530

· Nokia 4.350

· Pace Micro Technology 1.221

· PacketVideo Corp M353

· Philips 1.181

· Qualcomm M595

· Radyne 1.418

· Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco Company 1.471

· Tandberg Television 1.568/IP255

· Tektronix 9.530

· VCS 10.412

“As pioneers and promoters of international open standard MPEG technologies, and especially MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, our members have been exhibiting at IBC for many years” commented David Price, Vice President MPEGIF and Vice President, Harmonic Inc. “IBC is a fantastic platform to demonstrate the latest next generation products and solutions”.

“MPEGIF is supporting, endorsing and promoting over 60 international conferences and tradeshows annually.” said Sebastian Moeritz, President MPEGIF and CEO dicas. “IBC is obviously a very important, strategic event for us and the perfect European venue for our MPEGIF Master C lass.”

MPEGIF will be presenting its Master Class, a FREE, full day conference, titled “Next Generation Television Technology and Business Models”, on Thursday, 6 September 2007 between 10 am and 5:30 pm in Room A at the RAI Convention Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

This MPEGIF Master Class will focus on how new technologies are changing the way digital television is created, compressed, stored, delivered and monetized. The four high-profile keynote speakers of this “must attend” event during IBC 2007 are

· Benjamin Schwartz (Technology Development Manager, Orange Labs/France Telecom)

· Thomas Staneker (Senior Executive VP IPTV, T-Com)

· Justin Fielder (Director Network Services, BSkyB)

· Jens Rieken (Executive Director Product Development, Core Media),

The four panels will feature senior executives from BSkyB, T-Com, Fastweb, T-Online, Virgin Media, Telecom Italia, Orange/France Telecom, IPTV Americas, Cinea, Harmonic, NagraVision, Pace, IBM, Sony, Sun, Open TV, Playboy TV, ESPN, 3Vison, ADB, Amino, and Telemak.

The MPEG Industry Forum is also hosting a networking party at the Hard Rock Café Amsterdam on Sunday, 9 September 2007 between 7:00 pm and Midnight, which will be the ideal place to meet industry players, partners, clients and friends alike during IBC 2007.

The IBC 2007 MPEGIF Member Exhibitor Guide, the full Agenda of the MPEGIF Master Class as well as the invitation for the MPEGIF Networking Party can be downloaded from http://www.mpegif.org/ibc2007.htm

MPEGIF’s activities at IBC 2007 are sponsored by:

· Harmonic (http://www.harmonicinc.com) 1.361

· dicas (http://www.dicas.de) 1.180

· MainConcept (http://www.mainconcept.com) 2.340

· NagraVision (http://www.nagravision.com) IP142

· Motorola (http://www.motorola.com) 1.144

· Cinea Inc (http://www.cinea.com) 2.218

· Vsoft (http://www.vsoft.com)

About IBC2007

IBC is committed to providing the world's best event for everyone involved in the creation, management and delivery of content for the entertainment industry. Run by the industry for the industry, IBC is owned by six Partners who represent both visitors and exhibitors. Uniquely, the key executives and committees who control the convention are drawn from these organisations, bringing with them experience and expertise in all aspects of our industry. For more information, please visit www.ibc.org.

About MPEGIF

The MPEG Industry Forum (www.MPEGIF.org) represents more than 40 international companies and organizations from diverse industries and promotes the adoption of MPEG standards, including MPEG-4 AVC / H.264. MPEGIF serves as a single point of information on technology, products and services for these standards, offers interoperability testing, a conformance program, marketing activities and is present at international trade shows and conferences.

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