Open IPTV Forum and MPEG Industry Forum Announce Plans to Join Forces, Increasing Consolidation in the Standardization Landscape

The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) and MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF) announce they have reached agreement to merge the assets of MPEGIF into the OIPF.The activities of the MPEG Industry Forum have reached a natural and successful conclusion with the emergence of MPEG-4 Part 10, alternatively known as H.264, as the dominant codec in next generation video technology and the proven successor to MPEG-2.As in 2011, when the Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum (BMCO) merged into OIPF, which followed the Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) merging with the MPEGIF, these asset mergers represent natural consolidation in a maturing industry - the positive r

Press Release Distribution, Open IPTV Forum and MPEG Industry Forum Announce Plans to Join Forces, Increasing Consolidation in the Standardization Landscape