Industry Leaders Transform DASH Promoters Group into DASH Industry Forum to Further Accelerate the MPEG-DASH Standard for Adaptive Video Streaming

Industry Leaders Transform DASH Promoters Group into DASH Industry Forum to Further Accelerate the MPEG-DASH Standard for Adaptive Video Streaming PR Newswire AMSTERDAM, Sept. 10, 2012 AMSTERDAM, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the members of DASH Promoters Group announced the establishment of the DASH Industry Forum (DASH-IF) to advocate and accelerate further adoption of the MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) standard. The MPEG-DASH standard is designed to address the dramatic growth of broadband video by defining a universal delivery format that provides end users with the best possible video experience by dynamically adapting to changing network conditions. DASH-IF will promote the adoption of MPEG-DASH, publish interoperability and deployment guidelines, facilitate interoperability tests and collaborate with standard bodies and industry consortia in aligning ongoing DASH standards development and the use of common profiles across industry organizations. The DASH Promoters Group was established in February 2012, by several industry leaders who contributed to the MPEG- DASH standard. Since its membership grew rapidly to over 60 members, the group believed that a formal entity could better serve the promotion of MPEG-DASH and therefore, established the DASH-IF.