The MPEG Industry Forum announces that 16 member companies will be exhibiting at NAB2009, taking place in Las Vegas, NV between Monday, 20 April and Thursday 23 April 2009. MPEGIF will present the MPEGIF Master Class titled “The New World of Digital Television” on Sunday, 19 April 2009. Organized in conjunction with the National Association of Broadcasters, 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 MPEG Industry Forum is also hosting a networking party at the Harley-Davidson Café on Tuesday, April 21 from 8:00 – 12:00 a.m. This networking event will be the perfect place to enjoy wonderful food and drinks, meet the speakers from the MPEGIF Master Class and relax with clients and colleagues.

The NAB2009 MPEGIF Member Exhibitor Guide, as well as the invitation for the MPEGIF Networking Party can be downloaded.

Companies exhibiting include:

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