An introduction to MPEG digital media

Abstract

The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) has produced a number of successful standards that have facilitated the conversion of the various components of the media industry from an analogue to the digital world. In the process MPEG has caused an orderly restructuring of the industry from a largely vertical arrangement to a horizontal one. This has been possible thanks to a properly designed standards development process that accommodates industry practices and promotes a healthy technology competition.