The MPEG Industry Forum, the world’s largest advocacy group for the promotion of MPEG technologies, has announced that the following 16 member companies will be exhibiting at NAB 2009.

• Amino Communications — C2054
• Cisco — S214LMR
• dicas — C1362
• DivX/MainConcept — SU14102
• Envivio — SU2424
• Fraunhofer IIS — SL6023
• Harmonic Inc — SU7209
• Hitachi — C5018
• Mitsubishi Electric — SL6510
• Motorola — SU4417
• NagraVision — SU5017
• NTT — SU11617, SU11723
• Qualcomm — C2146, OE429
• Tandberg Television — SU5108
• Tektronix — N2522
• VBrick — SL4513

 
“With the US full power broadcasters completing their move to all digital in less than 2 months we are seeing operators in the US explore opportunities for new multi-screen services such as ATSC M/H and new business models arising from innovative hybrid delivery models using internet technologies”, said David Price, Vice President and Treasurer MPEGIF and Vice President, Business Development, at Harmonic. “Our members have been preparing the enabling technologies for a number of years and, despite the macro-economic climate, we expect that this year’s NAB will be a platform to enable decision making by many operators and rights holders around the world”.

  MPEGIF will present the MPEGIF Master Class titled The New World of Digital Television on Sunday, April 19, 2009. This special event will explore how new technologies are changing the way digital multimedia is created, compressed, delivered and monetized. Business and technology leaders will share their experiences and unique industry insights at this year’s Master Class that feature keynote speakers including Starz, NTV Plus, Snell & Wilcox, Nielsen, MobiTV, Advanced Media Ventures, and the Open IPTV Forum. The keynote speakers will be joined by panelists comprising operators and other leading technology pioneers and industry analysts such as Motorola, DIRECTV, AT&T, PBS, Isis Digital, MPEG LA, Intel, Verimatrix, the EBU, informitv, and IPTV Americas. This MPEGIF Master Class will provide information to help organizations from all sectors make important decisions with service operators, who have been adopting new video technologies over recent years sharing their experiences to date. The NAB 2009 MPEGIF Member Exhibitor Guide, as well as an invitation to the MPEGIF Networking Party, may be downloaded by selecting the graphic.