Standards making changes with time In days long bygone, standardisation in what today we would call the “media industry” followed a rather simple process. A company wishing to attach a…

In this chapter the work done by a company developing a product is compared with the work of MPEG developing a standard, the product that MPEG delivers to its customers.…

Introduction A standard is developed, published and used. Is that the end of the story for MPEG? It is not the end but the continuation of the same story. Indeed…

What happens to a standard when it leaves MPEG? The answer is not so different from the answer to the question “what happens to a product when it leaves the…

Introduction MPEG standards are great communication tools and MPEG itself is – or tries to be – a good communicator, using all available media. MPEG web site Almost everything that…

This chapter looks at three sides of MPEG success What has been done looks at those MPEG standards that have have the largest impact in terms of use; The MPEG success…

Introduction If I exchange words with taxi drivers in a city somewhere in the world, one of the questions I am usually asked is: “where are you from?”. As I…

Introduction In this chapter the talk is not about a supposedly “big business” with MPEG standards, but about the business triggered by MPEG standards. When possible, the breadth and size…

Introduction The MPEG success describes how MPEG standards thave been (and often continue to be after many years) extremely successful. As it is difficult to single out those that will be success­ful…

Introduction MPEG has been working without interruption for 31 years. In this period of time new industries have continuously joined, existing technologies have continuously morphed and new ones come to…