The MPEG Industry Forum Announces Participation in TelcoTV 2009 Standards Pavilion

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7 MPEG Industry Forum Members Exhibiting at TelcoTV 2009
FREMONT, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
The MPEG Industry Forum, the world`s largest advocacy group for the promotion of
MPEG and other standards based video technologies, today announced that they
will be participating in the TelcoTV Standards Pavilion booth #SP215C. In
addition the following 7 member companies will be exhibiting at TelcoTV 2009,
taking place in Orlando, Florida between Tuesday, 10 November and Thursday, 12
November 2009.

Amino Communications #545
Cisco Sponsor
Harmonic Inc #539
Motorola #401
NagraVision #815
RGB Networks #425
TM Forum #SP215F

David Price the MPEG Industry Forum Vice President (and Vice President at
Harmonic Inc.) will be speaking as part of a discussion with other standards
organizations. The title of his presentation is "Convergence needs Standards"
and will be presented on Thursday, November 12, 2009 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:45
p.m.

"TelcoTV has established itself as the primary North American venue for
telephone operators of all shapes and sizes to come to get information about new
developments in technology and in how operators are garnering new sources of
revenues by providing various video services to their customers," said David
Price, Vice President at MPEGIF and at Harmonic Inc. "The world of video over
DSL connections has only just begun with the full potential of the IP based
infrastructure still largely untapped."

"It is absolutely fascinating to see how broadband applications are influencing
and enabling digital media convergence and contributing significantly to the
overall success of the digital economy," said Sebastian Moeritz, President of
MPEGIF and CEO at dicas. "Broadband video delivers a tremendous long term
opportunity and the TelcoTV show is an ideal setting to cover this part of our
industry."

About MPEGIF

The MPEG Industry Forum is an independent and platform neutral not-for-profit
organization representing more than 20 international companies and organizations
from diverse industries with the goal to facilitate and further the widespread
adoption and deployment of MPEG and related standards in next generation digital
media services. It provides a forum to exchange information and views on
technological, economic and regulatory issues that are relevant to these
services. It also provides a powerful industry voice advocating the adoption of
standards and consolidating the direction of the industry in the time of
transition from analogue to digital television and media services.

MPEGIF, with more than 2,500 people subscribed to its mailing lists, has played
a significant role in facilitating the widespread adoption and deployment of
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, the Emmy-Award winning video compression technology, as the
industry's video compression standard powering next generation television and
most mainstream content delivery as well as consumption applications including
packaged media. MPEGIF offers interoperability testing, a conformance program,
marketing activities and is present at international trade shows and
conferences.

MPEGIF is managed by Association Management Solutions: www.amsl.com

MPEG Industry Forum
Nicola Wissler, +1-510-492-4028
Coordinator
nicola.wissler@mpegif.org

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