This is from an Airfax story back when the PEA news broke, I think it was back in June. As it says in this story, Michael Childers, ``another team member``, is always going to push and mention IMS because he is a team member of IMS.

The Team:

IMS has been involved in system engineering and developing content delivery networks since 1996. This experience has been invaluable in developing their next generation portable. More importantly, some of the people involved and their alliances portend a very growth oriented future for the company. For example, new CEO Alan Pellegrini brings a wealth of marketing information from his experience with many large IFE companies. Another team member, Michael Childers, has forgotten more about IFE digital rights management than most people ever knew. The company has manufacturing and development relationships with Formation, Inc. who has a strong background in IFE hardware and software development. And we understand that SkyWay Aircraft (connectivity) is in the mix as well.

http://www.airfax.com/airfax/features/viewstory.asp?filepath=jun2004\peawebstory.htm&print=TRUE

From Daboss`s post today:

DCMWG has set itself the task of defining the codec standard within the next few months, even if the broader standards set takes longer to complete. “We consider that one or more existing codecs should form the basis of the standard,” says group co-chair Michael Childers. “That should allow us to move fast and give the industry some direction in the short term.”

Childers, a consultant with UK-based IMDC, has advocated MPEG-4 as the future of digital content management for some years, and this codec forms the basis of all of the group’s candidate technologies. They are MPEG-4 Part 2 Visual and MPEG-4 Part 10 AVC (otherwise known as H.264) - both of which are ISO open standards - and Windows Media/VC1 and DivX, which have some proprietary elements. Both Windows Media/VC1 and DivX are already being implemented in IFE: the former in IMS’ handheld Personal Entertainment Appliance (PEA), the latter in the APS digEplayer