Nero is the de-facto standard in CD and DVD application software, and Ahead Software is a recognised World leader in recordable CD, DVD, and MPEG audio/video solutions. Nero Digital is a complete MPEG-4 solution encompassing High Efficiency AAC in MPEG, audio and premium quality video coding algorithms.

Coding Technologies, provider of the best audio compression for mobile, broadcasting, and the Internet, presents the latest advances in audio compression. It's highly acclaimed SBR-Technology (Spectral Band Replication) enables audio codecs to deliver the same quality at half the bit rate. In cooperation with Vsofts, Coding Technologies demonstrates exciting low bit rate audio/video using MPEG-4 AVC and 5.1 multichannel aacPlus.

dicas digital image coding GmbH is an MPEG-focused video coding specialist and a leading developer of professional MPEG-4 real-time video coding solutions also offering a family of MPEG-4 end user products under the brand name mpegable.

Fraunhofer IIS, the leading international research lab in the field of high quality low bit rate audio coding, will be demonstrating high quality MPEG-4/ISMA AV- streaming products and the latest MPEG-7 audio recognition technology.

Mindego Inc. creates software to compose, optimize and verify multimedia applications and contents according to international media standards. The company specializes in MPEG-4 application development and associated tools for organizations involved in developing, deploying and testing interactive multimedia applications. At IBC Mindego unveils its MPEG-4 file analyzer and previews its forthcoming programming environment for creating multimedia applications.

Sand Video is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer focused on developing and marketing superior next generation, standards-based semiconductor video compression technology including H.264/AVC codecs for a broad range of video applications.  A recognized expert in H.264/AVC compression technology, Sand Video was the first in the industry to demonstrate real-time high definition H.264/AVC decoding.

Vidtools provides tools for  Management & Repurposing  of rich media via patented indexing algorithms & user interfaces. VidTools Media Management Suite (VMS) is a proven solution for managing rich media on a web-based infrastructure via an integrated workflow of ingest, transcode, index, edit, annotate, search/retrieve, distribute and repurpose. Our unique patented indexing/visualization algorithms and annotation tools enable efficient manageability and reuse of rich media. VMS works on all industry standard media formats (i,e., MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI WMW, etc).

Vsofts, the performance leader in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 coding, premieres real-time encoding of Standard Definition video on a single Pentium PC. Vsofts' patented technology achieves the highest video quality at the lowest processing power. At IBC, Vsofts introduces in cooperation with Coding Technologies the first fully integrated, low-bitrate audio and video codec solution using MPEG-4 AVC and 5.1 multichannel aacPlus.