Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)

The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) is an organization that develops standards for compressing and transmitting digital audio and video. Their work allows large video and music files to be reduced in size without significant loss of quality, making streaming, broadcasting, and storing media more efficient. MPEG standards, such as MPEG-2 for DVDs and MPEG-4 for internet streaming, ensure compatibility across devices and platforms. Essentially, MPEG creates the technical guidelines that enable high-quality multimedia content to be easily shared and accessed in our digital world.