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Video Development Initiative (VIDE), promotes the deployment of digital video in research and higher education.

Video Conferencing Cookbook, a practical guide to video conferencing prepared by the Video Development Initiative (ViDe).

Internet2, a consortium of 190 universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies.

Motion Picture Expert Group (MPEG), a working group of ISO/IEC in charge of the development of international standards for compression, decompression, processing, and coded representation of moving pictures, audio and their combination.

MPEG-4 Industry Forum, To further the adoption of the MPEG-4 Standard, by establishing MPEG-4 as an accepted and widely used standard among application developers, service providers, content creators and end users.

Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), an organization representing higher education, publishing, network and telecommunications, information technology, and libraries and library organizations dedicated to supporting networked information technology.

The Southeast Universities Research Association (SURA), a consortium of colleges and universities in the southern United States and the District of Columbia through which members may cooperate with one another and with government in acquiring, developing, and using research facilities.

Southern Crossroads (SoX), a cooperative initiative designed to facilitate access to current and future highly integrated, digital communications services for education, research, and economic development.

Real Networks, provides a universal platform for the delivery of any digital media from any point of origin across virtually any network to any person on any Internet-enabled device anywhere in the world.

The Helix Community, collaborative effort between RealNetworks, independent developers, and leading companies to create and extend the Helix DNA™ platform.

Digital Video, a media source for current video and audio news.

NetGen Video, producer of Clique Video Messenger, the only complete real-time communication solution to integrate frequently used instant messaging features with low bandwidth video and audio.

WebEx, WebEx powers online meetings and web conferencing services for today's enterprise.

Ogg Vorbis, a fully Open, non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free, general-purpose compressed audio format for mid to high quality (8kHz-48.0kHz, 16+ bit, polyphonic) audio and music at fixed and variable bitrates from 16 to 128 kbps/channel.

ResearchChannel, ResearchChannel is a consortium of research universities and corporate research divisions dedicated to broadening the access to and appreciation of our individual and collective activities, ideas, and opportunities in basic and applied research.