- Are you or have you been an MPEG member?
Yes - What do you think makes MPEG special?
It build standards that really solve an industry problem in a timely fashion - What do you think is the most important MPEG impact?
The enabling of the Telecom industry being able to build IPTV solutions that are offering people choice to watch whatever they want. Without this people would be still watching just linear channels similar to 25 years ago - Do you think MPEG is a good conduit for research?
Yes, I think so. Me myself started as an researcher in MPEG, it taught me many many things, brought sense of urgency, the opportunity and pleasure of working with people coming from many cultures and companies. Taught me how to play the company political game a bit (working for an incumbent Telco, one never learns all lessons 🙂 - Can you comment on your MPEG experience?
On an emotional level, MPEG has brought me many friends in this industry, several of them I still meet from time to time, always this common thing in the past connects. Learning a lot in my first job, working with the most clever minds in the world is a real pleasure - Are you satisfied with MPEG standards?
With the standards yes, several are really useful and applied by my company. With the licencing NO, greed is hindering our industry and the same thing is happening again and again. MPEG comes with a spec, companies implement, licencing kicks in, asking outrageous fees, nothing happens, an outside group build something licence free with a quality coming close, companies start using that one instead, licencing people understand that big percentage of nothing is nothing and fees go down…. this results in several years of delay. It is such a waste. - Do you think MPEG standards are the right choice?
Yes - What do you expect from MPEG in the future?
Solve issues before they hit the industry by bringing standards that will further our world
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