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Biographical Information

Charlie Oppenheimer

Charlie Oppenheimer is CEO of Digital Fountain, Inc., located in Fremont, CA. Digital Fountain’s software solutions are currently deployed in advanced IPTV, wireless and defense applications throughout the world. In early 2008, Digital Fountain will offer leading media companies a unique video Content Delivery Network that enables instant-on, TV-quality video over the Internet. Leading global standards bodies, including DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld Devices), DVB-IPTV (Digital Video Broadcasting – IPTV) and 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service) have adopted Digital Fountain’s technologies. Partners and customers include leading global companies such as Cisco Systems, Sumitomo Electric Networks, Honda, Adobe, Northrop Grumman, KDDI, Sirius Satellite Radio, XM Radio, Sony, Nokia, and many more.

Articles for Charlie Oppenheimer

Commentary: H.264 Video—The Format of Convergence

H.264 is already supported in virtually every corner of the digital video universe. Now, with big internet players like Adobe, Google, and Apple behind it, H.264 is poised to become the format of convergence where all devices have access to an expanding universe of content available via physical media or high-speed networks.
Tues., Sept. 4, by Charlie Oppenheimer