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After a somewhat slow start, MPEG-4 is quietly gaining significant share in a number of strategic markets, including satellite TV in the US (and satellite and cable in Europe), as well as being the codec of choice for mobile devices like the iPod and Microsoft Zune.

Zune is an interesting story, since you know Microsoft would have done everything in its power to standardize on its own format, Windows Media. They really had no alternative but to support MPEG-4, however, since if the new unit couldn‘t play iPod compatible videos, it absolutely had no chance. more

Sunday morning started with a magic bus ride. Rolling down city streets, through underpasses, along Interstate 15 at 70 mph, and finally pulling into an underground casino parking lot, a handful of journalists including yours truly got a preview from Samsung of a proposed enhancement to ATSC that enables perfect mobile reception of digital TV, particularly to handheld devices.

What‘s the big deal? In a word, YouTube. Even the most benighted of computer illiterati grew acquainted with the pleasures of Flash files over the past year. (Thanks in large part to Paris Hilton, but that‘s another story.) The idea that it‘s fun to watch videos in a small window a few inches from your nose instead of from across the living room floor has now entered the public‘s consciousness. Apple‘s video iPod is another manifestation of this shift in TV viewing habits, as will be the larger, sharper iPhone when it debuts in June. more