MPEG Industry Forum

Amino specializes in digital entertainment solutions for IPTV, internet TV and in-home multimedia distribution.
Amino's range of software and set-top box systems can be tailored for telecom, broadcast and hospitality firms to offer highly scalable and targeted services. The award-winning AmiNET™ and Mood range is used by leading service operators in over 80 countries.
Amino's 'AssetHouse' technology opens the door for content producers, telecoms companies, broadcasters and web TV firms to maximise opportunities through better services, targeted content and greater choice. It takes IPTV to the next level by allowing clients, such as BT Vision, to think like retailers and package, personalise and refresh extra revenue-generating services to viewers.
www.aminocom.com

Cisco 1.D71

At IBC 2009, Cisco is showcasing a range of medianet technologies that will transform video experiences for the Connected Life at Home. Cisco is demonstrating new technologies and solutions that help Internet Protocol (IP) Networks to become the intelligent platform for a new generation of video and rich-media applications and services. This new class of technologies is designed to deliver advanced communications, collaboration and entertainment experiences through video- and rich-media-optimized service provider, business and home networks, know as ‘medianets’.
Visitors to the Cisco stand can learn how service providers and network operators can achieve service innovation through the development of new applications that deliver an enhanced user experience, including video over DOCSIS (VDOC), web TV and over-the-top (OTT) services integration, video session-shifting to multiple devices, and targeted advertising.
www.cisco.com

dicas 1.A80

dicas, founded in 1999, is a leading developer of ISO MPEG-4, H.263/3GPP and H.264/AVC real-time video coding products. For more than a decade, our software and hardware solutions have been pioneering next-generation media services. dicas2000 is a family of 19'' servers for encoding and decoding, deployed worldwide to IPTV, mobile TV and web TV applications as well as for broadcast news gathering. Under the brand name ‘mpegable’, we offer a family of MPEG-4, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (SD and HD) and 3GPP-compliant professional software tools and components. dicas has partnered with Adobe Systems to provide H.264 to Adobe's Flash streaming servers. Flash support is available in dicas encoding servers.
As an industry-first dicas unveils its brand-new pure IP-transcoder at IBC2009. The 19'' machine supports MPEG-2 as well as MPEG-4 H.264/AVC and delivers multiple output formats in parallel for broadcast, IPTV, mobile TV and web TV applications. For each output format users can seamlessly and independently adjust bit rates, resolutions, frame rates, codecs and transport protocols. www.dicas.de

DivX/MainConcept 2.C50

MainConcept is one of the world’s leading providers of high-quality codec technologies for a variety of markets such as broadcast, film, computer software, medical imaging and security, amongst others. MainConcept solutions are optimised for various platforms including PCs, servers, media players and mobile devices to support industry standards eg, MPEG-2, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4 Part 2, VC-1, DivX, DVCPRO HD, AVC-Intra, JPEG2000, AAC, and Dolby® Digital.
Powerful SDKs and applications for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux cover exciting formats such as Flash and Blu-ray, the full range of Sony XDCAM and Panasonic P2 AVC-Intra or DVCPRO camcorder series.
www.divx.com

Dolby Laboratories 2.B28

Dolby Laboratories is an integral part of the entire broadcast chain, from content creation to the home, and at IBC Dolby is showcasing a comprehensive set of professional technologies and products for recording, postproduction, film, and broadcast facilities, including loudness control and encoding and decoding solutions.
Professionals worldwide rely on Dolby technologies products, and services in their recording, postproduction, film, and broadcast facilities to create, mix, distribute, and transmit surround sound, and produce high-quality audio content. In addition to its commitment to developing exceptional products and technologies for cinema, broadcast and consumer applications, Dolby is dedicated to providing the content creation, distribution, and exhibition industries with dedicated support services. These efforts help ensure that professionals can deliver high-quality entertainment experiences to consumers through the use of Dolby technologies.
www.dolby.com

Fraunhofer IIS 8.C81

Founded in 1985 the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, which today has 585 staff members, ranks first among the Fraunhofer Institutes in terms of headcount and revenues. As the inventor of mp3 and co-inventor of the MPEG4 AAC audio coding standard, Fraunhofer IIS has gained worldwide recognition.
It provides research services on a contract basis and technology licensing. The research topics are:
• audio and video source coding
• multimedia realtime systems
• digital radio broadcasting and digital cinema systems
• integrated circuits and sensor systems
• design automation
• wireless, wired and optical networks
• localization and navigation
• imaging systems and nanofocus X-ray technology
• high-speed cameras
• medical sensor solutions
• communications technology in transport and logistics.
www.fraunhofer.de

Harmonic Inc 1.C61

Harmonic Inc. is redefining video delivery with the industry’s most powerful solutions for live and on-demand video consumption on any device, including TVs, PCs and mobile devices. Harmonic’s 20 years of technology innovation and market leadership enable the Company to offer a unique and comprehensive solution portfolio—from contribution/ distribution encoding to transcoding, content preparation, stream processing, asset management and delivery. Broadcast, cable, internet, mobile, satellite and telecom service providers around the world choose Harmonic’s IP-based digital video, broadband optical access and software solutions to lower expenses and increase revenues by offering consumers a higher quality, personalized multi-screen experience.
Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with R&D, sales and system integration centers worldwide. The Company’s customers deliver services in virtually every country. Visit www.harmonicinc.com for more information.
www.harmonicinc.com

Joanneum Research 3.D08

Broadcasters around the world are in desperate need to automate content production as much as possible. This need is twofold; on the one side automatic production for good structured program parts is needed, on the other hand production for different target devices is an issue. Over recent years, the EC SALERO project has developed a range of tools enabling automatic template-based production of animation clips with virtual presenters. We illustrate the workflow devised by the project to automate major parts of media production based on 3D content. This is accompanied by a description by the individual tools developed and examples from the experimental productions implemented with these tools.
www.Joanneum.at

Motorola 1.F30

Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and is focused on advancing the way the world connects. From broadband communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and governments to be more connected and more mobile. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) had sales of US $30.1 billion in 2008.
www.motorola.com

NagraVision 1.D69

Nagravision is the world's leading independent supplier of open conditional access systems, DRM and integrated on-demand solutions for content providers and digital TV operators over broadcast, broadband and mobile platforms. Its technologies are currently being used by more than 120 leading Pay-TV operators worldwide securing content delivered to over 101 million active smart cards and devices.
Nagravision advanced solutions provide digital TV and content providers with the tools to operate and manage a wide range of media services allowing subscribers to enjoy innovative multi-device and multi-location media consumption naturally co-existing in one seamless digital entertainment experience. These solutions deliver value-added features that help Pay-TV operators strengthen their competitive edge, improve subscriber loyalty, decrease churn, secure content and the access to it, maximise service revenues and quickly respond to the ever growing demand for more content over multiple platforms.
www.nagra.com

Qualcomm 5.A21

MediaFLO Technologies is the international mobile TV business unit of Qualcomm Inc. The MediaFLO™ system provides interactive broadcast mobile TV and enhanced mobile broadcast services for the delivery of high-quality entertainment and information to the mass market. In addition to mobile TV, the MediaFLO system supports clipcasting media, datacasting, interactive services and targeted advertising, providing a compelling user experience while enabling profitable business models. Invented for mobility and complementary to 3G services, MediaFLO technology enables increased capacity and coverage, and reduced multimedia delivery costs. MediaFLO technology is based on the FLO™ air interface, an open standard recognized by ETSI, ITU-R and TIA.
www.qualcomm.com

Sigma Design 4.C58

Sigma Designs, Inc., founded in 1982, is a fabless provider of highly integrated system-on-chip (SoC) solutions that are used to deliver multimedia home entertainment. The company’s targeted market segments include IPTV and cable set-tops, connected media players, prosumer audio/video products, wireless home solutions, and Blu-ray Disc players and HDTVs.
Sigma believes that its field-proven technology, now in its seventh generation of silicon and equivalent evolution of software, represents one of its key competitive advantages. The company continues to invest and build on seven primary technology foundations to provide the highest quality digital video/audio solutions possible:
• digital video decoding
• digital audio decoding
• VXP advanced video processing
• secure processing of Digital Rights Management and Conditional Access algorithms
• software clients for VOD and IP multicast
• navigation software for Blu-ray, DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD and HDD playback
• ultra-wideband (UWB) RF technology for wireless audio/video streaming.
www.sigmadesign.com

Zoran 2.C50

Zoran Corporation is a leading provider of digital solutions for applications in the digital entertainment and digital imaging markets. Zoran's digital television products include image processors for high definition and standard definition formats for digital televisions, set-top boxes, and related applications including analog-to-digital broadcast solutions. Zoran is demonstrating its reference designs for addressing the regional DTV markets. Zoran’s proficiency in integration delivers major benefits for OEM customers, including greater capabilities within each product generation, reduced system costs, and shorter time to market. Zoran-based DTV, set-top box, DVD, digital camera, multimedia mobile phone, and multifunction printer products have received recognition for excellence and are now in hundreds of millions of homes and offices worldwide.
www.zoran.com

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