The Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SVTA) has established a new DASH-IF Working Group after the DASH Industry Forum (DASH-IF) became part of the SVTA.
The DASH-IF association has been in operation for 12 years, developing technical specifications, tools, and the dash.js player to support and enable the implementation of the MPEG-DASH format. Initiated by Qualcomm, Netflix, Microsoft, Akamai, Ericsson and Samsung in 2011, around 100 companies have participated in the organisation’s work since, including streaming video platforms, CDNs, network operators, mobile ecosystem giants, technology providers, as well as research and academic institutions.
“Over the past 12 years, DASH-IF has emerged as a highly influential organization in the media streaming industry,” says Iraj Sodagar, former DASH-IF President. “By bringing together major industry players, DASH-IF has developed specifications, guidelines, conformance tools, test vectors, and open-source software—all provided free of charge to the entire industry. Additionally, DASH-IF collaborated with standards development organisations (SDOs) and consortia for advancing the MPEG DASH standard as well as promoting its harmonized adoption across various industry sectors. The DASH-IF story serves as a compelling case study, demonstrating how an industry forum can revolutionise the entire ecosystem, benefiting both the industry and the end consumers.”
While DASH-IF has been focused on MPEG DASH and its adjacent standards alone, SVTA addresses a wide variety of technical challenges across the streaming workflow.
“Having DASH-IF operating within the SVTA will only benefit the industry,” says Jason Thibeault, CEO of SVTA. “By bringing more of the significant work underneath a single banner, in this case the SVTA, we can create an even larger environment of collaboration and move the industry closer towards a less complicated, more interoperable future.”
The combined organisation wants to create a much tighter integration between MPEG DASH and adjacent technologies and the more generalised efforts of the SVTA.
