June 29, 2012: Following its announcement to merge with the Open IPTV Forum in March, the MPEG Industry Forum has revealed that it will shortly be closing shop, with all assets to be put into the hands of the Open IPTV Forum by the end of this month.
In an open statement, the organisation’s President, David Price of Ericsson, says that it has declared victory in its aim to “facilitate and further the widespread adoption and deployment of MPEG and related standards in next-generation digital media services.”
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