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The Benton Foundation offers this space to educate the public about what's at stake, and covers issues including the proposed transition to Digital TV, broadcast time for political debate, children's educational programming, and public broadcasting.
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Extensive product information. Based on the Videoconferencing Survey this page supplies a large listing of Videoconferencing Product links sorted by features and operating platforms.
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Good topic specific information and product listings. Based on the Videoconferencing Survey this web page started as a list of available desktop videoconferencing products and has evolved into a collection of interesting information related to desktop videoconferencing.
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Product overviews. Based on the Videoconferencing Survey this page supplies a large listing of Videoconferencing Product links.
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Page lists standards related to desktop videoconferencing including the ITU-T H.320 Family of Recommendations, ITU-T work in progress and IETF-AVT RTP Standards.
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DAVIC is a non-profit, based in Geneva, Switzerland, aimed at promoting digital audio-visual applications that maximize interoperability across countries and applications/services. Site areas include; Introduction to DAVIC, Membership Information, Organization, Specifications, Bulletin board and DAVIC's FAQs.
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The purpose of this document is to provide a repository for information concerning Digital Video, QuickTime, and Radius VideoVision Studio products. Links are provided under areas including; Products, Background, Tips and Techniques and additional resources
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From Raley Communications, primer topics include; introduction, cleaning up home movies, digitizing still photos, non linear editing, capture card overview, creating video for the web and professional video options.
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Informative topic specific resources and references. From the DVB Organization, this site provides info on technology and products. Site covers technology specific areas, a DVB-compliant product, and service directory, newsletters and feature articles.
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Excellent product and service links listing. This site links to a multitude of DVD companies and some technical references included under these headings; players, software, DVD-ROM links, Developer Info and DVD jobs.
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GMD is the national research center for information technology. It is a member the Hermann of Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers (HGF). GMD conducts research in the following key areas of information technology: system design technology, intelligent multimedia systems, communication and cooperation systems and parallel computing.  GMD's research and development activities are application-oriented and the relevant projects closely collaborate with partners from industry and science.
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This IEC/Trillium sponsored tutorial discusses the H.323 protocol standard. H.323 is explained with an emphasis on gateways and gatekeepers, components of an H.323 network. The call flows between entities in an H.323 network are explained, and the interworking aspects of H.323 with H.32x family protocols are discussed. Topics covered includeWhat Is H.323?, H.323 Components, H.323 Zone, Protocols Specified by H.323, Terminal Characteristics, Gateway and Gatekeeper Characteristics, H.225 Registration, Admission, and Status, H.225 Signaling and H.245 Control Signaling, Connection Procedures, Interworking with Other Multimedia Networks, Self-Test, Acronym Guide and Related Products and Services.
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Great resource to topic specific links. Sponsored by the German National Research Center for Information Technology, this page has an extensive list of links to sources on Multimedia. Links fall under the following topics; Recent Changes, FAQs, Guides, Tutorials, Software, Downloadable Binaries & Executables, Media Delivery Services and Trials, Archives, Research, Conference Proceedings, Announcements & Call for Papers, Bibliographies, Newsgroup Archives, Standards and Companies and Commercial Services.
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In French and English. Excellent topic specific reference links. IVS is a software videoconferencing tool for the Internet. IVS uses standard Internet technology to transmit video/audio-data, by implementing PCM and ADPCM audio codecs. Site areas include; What's New?, What is IVS?, Platforms, Installation Guide, IVS and the WWW, White Pages and Relevant Papers, an excellent list of Videoconferencing Links and IVS Next Generation.
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International scope. From St. Joseph's University, this site lists by country, videoconferencing rooms across the globe.
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A gathering place for media enthusiasts of all kinds. Many features are updated either weekly or monthly. Site areas include; NOW Media Newsletter, PRO Media, FUN Media, Comments, Under Construction Links and Bull's Eye Books.
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This is MIT's  Wearable Computing Web Page. This page is meant to both serve as an introduction to the field of wearable computing and as a resource for more technical information. Updates occur as new technology is released. Site areas include Recent Additions, Resources, What's a Wearable?, Applications for Wearables, Demonstrations and Acknowledgements.
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The Telemedia, Networks And Systems Group (TNS) studies systems and strategy issues related to networks, distributed computing, media and telecommunications. TNS pages include; Active Networks, Information Appliances Project, SpectrumWare and Viewstation Demos.
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A wealth of topic specific material, product demos available. From the University of Southampton, UK, research is funded with various Wireless Communication Associations' funds. Site areas include; Motivation, Group Info and Events, Industrial Training and Short Courses (good info), Publications with some accompanying demos, Research Areas and Current Activities.
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Excellent MPEG references and downloadable software. The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), is the nickname given to a family of International Standards used for coding audio-visual information in a digital compressed format. Site areas include; Home, News, Starting Points & FAQs, DVD, MSSG, Video and Audio Players, Bitstreams, Systems, MP3, AAC, Companies, Product Reviews, Search, Software and Products, Links and Translate.
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A PictureTel Business Unit offering audio multipoint teleconferencing solutions. Site areas include; About, Products, News, Contact, Links and Jobs.
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Good topic specific resource and reference links. The MCL at Boston University is investigating issues surrounding the construction of general-purpose distributed multimedia information systems (DMISs). Site areas include; News, People, Projects, Publications, Events, Referee and Contacts.
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Huge topic specific reference link list. Site areas include; Current Events, Ratings and Guides, FAQs, Usenet FAQ List, Newsgroup Archives, Software, Media Archives, Research Activities, Standards Activities, Educational Activities, Bibliographies, Discussion Lists, The CD Family, Digital Galleries and Museums, Commercial Activities, Magazines, Publishers, Hypertext and Hypermedia and Virtual Reality.
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Rich informational resource. MMTA is a public policy, market development and educational forum for communication companies. Site areas are many and include; News, Find products and Partners, Network Services, CT Integration, Voice multimedia, Wireless, Education, Research & Info, Standards, Market Reviews and more.
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The MMUSIC Working Group of the IETF is chartered to develop Internet standards track protocols to support Internet teleconferencing sessions. This document describes the group and its members, Goals, Discussion Groups and Internet Drafts.
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Good resource and reference site. Mwave technology combines telephony and audio functions on a single card, with major benefits being concurrency and software upgradeability. Site areas include; News, Introduction to Mwave, The DSP Family, Hardware, Software, the Mfast chip, For Developers, Reference Guide, FAQs, Solutions, Literature, Press Releases, Reviews, Marketplace, Contacts, The Future, Links, Statistics, Search and What's New.
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The NMIS Project is a collection of research initiatives and experiments that explore Internet-delivered multimedia. Site areas include; News, Interactive Programming, Health Services, Online Information, Education and Training, Standards and Policy, Reports and Publications, and The NMIS Team, Project, Sponsors & Collaborators.
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RAB has three key programs to assist users to make informed storage procurement decisions: Education, via RAB Publications and Papers; Standardization, via RAB/ANSI Specifications; and Classification, via RAB's Disk System and Array Controller Classification Programs. Also see the Classification Information Center, Search, Info about RAB, Member info and News & Events.
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The Real Guide from Real Networks is an excellent source of streaming multimedia information sources. A wide range of topics cover a rich selection of over 60 different multimedia RealChannels to choose from. Of particular interest are the Science and Technology topic channel options, which include news from; TechWeb Today, ZDTV: Television About Computing, Discovery Channel, Online, CNet Radio, InternetNews Radio, PC Week Technology Headlines, The Computerworld Minute, NetRadio Infobahn, 240 Seconds of Gaming and Earth & Sky. RealGuide topic areas include; Live, Business, Music, News, Sci/Tech, Showbiz, Sports, Streaming Sites, Radio/TV Stations and Special Coverage. Favorite RealChannels can be programmed and a special news channel site can be configured to the users liking for daily reports.
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Site links to interesting visual sites on a global scale. Hot topic specific reference. This page is an annotated bibliography of scientific visualization web sites around the world. It is a service of NASA Ames Research Center. A myriad of University, Government, Commercial and Military site links are listed.
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