To Experts of ITU-T SG16 Questions 13 and 28

Cc Mr Y Naito, Chairman of SG16 yushi.naito@ties.itu.int Mr P Jones, Vice Chairman of SG16 paulej@packetizer.com Mr S-H Jeong, Vice Chairman of SG16 shjeong@hufs.ac.kr Mr N Luo, Vice Chairman of SG16 noah@huawei.com Mr G Daniel, Vice Chairman of SG16 danielgaby@hotmail.com Mr M El-Megharbel, Vice Chairman of SG16 melmegharbel@tra.gov.eg Mr K Isaev, Vice Chairman of SG16 kh.isaev@aci.uz Mr H Kullmann, Vice Chairman of SG16 Harald.Kullmann@telekom.de Mr N Ntlatlapa, Vice Chairman of SG16 Nntlatlapa@csir.co.za Mr S Campos-Neto, ITU TSB simao.campos@itu.int

Mr SH Jeong, Chairman of WP2/SG16 <shjeong@hufs.ac.kr >

Mr M Kawamori, Rapporteur for Q13/16 kawamori.masahito@lab.ntt.co.jp Mr M Moreno, Associate Rapporteur for Q13/16 moreno@ice.ufjf.br Mr SG Kang, Associate Rapporteur for Q14/16 sgkang@etri.re.kr Mr HJ Kim, Rapporteur for Q25/16 khj@etri.re.kr Mr J Lee, Rapporteur for Q26/16 jslee@rim.com Mr S Pennock, Rapporteur for Q27/16 spennock@qnx.com Mr M Kawamori, Rapporteur for Q28/16 kasamori.masahito@lab.ntt.co.jp

Dear experts of Q13 and 28/16

Our next experts meeting will be held during IPTV-GSI eventon 6-10 May 2013,in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the kind invitation of Department of Communications of South Africa, in conjunction with South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). This is planned to meet together with Q14/16.

Details of the proposed meeting in IPTV-GSI has been already uploaded as TSB ciecular 10: http://www.itu.int/md/T13-TSB-CIR-0010/en ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I'm sorry for the short and late notice, but, in preparation for this Q13 and Q28 meeting according to SG16 official procedure, please could you let me know:

a) if you intend to come to the meeting, and b) whether you intend to submit any contributions (how many contributions and provisional titles please)

It is essential that we know your intentions so that we can make a decision on whether to go ahead with the meeting or adjust the meeting duration. If there is insufficient interest and/or insufficient contributions then the meeting will not be authorised.

As always, all we need to know are your intentions at this stage - if you could let me have provisional titles for any contributions then this would also help.

Please let me know this information as soon as possible, at least by Tuesday 23 April, which is the deadline of IPTV-GSI contribution.

Outline of meeting is as follows:

1. Date ^^^^^^^

6 (Monday) - 10 (Friday) May 2013 Rapporteur Meeting will start at 9:00 on the first day and close around 18:00 on the last day.

2. Venue ^^^^^^^^

Radisson Blu Gautrain Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Phone: +27 11 286 1039 / 40 / 41

3. Topics (tentative) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The objectives of this meeting were agreed in January (see here: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/studygroups/com16/Pages/meetings.aspx) and will be to:

-Progress work on: (For Q13/16) o H.721 o H.762 o H.741.3 o H.IPTV-AM2 o H.IPTV-MAFR.10 o H.IPTV-MAFR.13 o H.IPTV-TDES.3 o H.IPTV-TDES.4 o H.IPTV-TDES.5 o H.IPTV-Widget o HSTP.IPTV-WBSD o HSTP.IPTV-SMTD o HSTP.IPTV-UVS o HSTP.IPTV-Gloss

(For Q13/16) o H.MEDX o H.IDGPHS

- Discuss new work items.

4. Documents ^^^^^^^^^^^^

Documents must be registered by 23:59 UTC, Tuesday 23 April 2013. Submit your contributionss to TSB IPTV secretariat at tsbiptv@itu.int

5. Other information ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Detailed information on logistic, registration and visa, hotel room reservation is also contained in TSB circular 10.

Many thanks and looking forward to hearing from you ASAP, at least by Tuesday 23 April.

Best regards

Masahito Kawamori

Rapporteur, 13 and 28/16