MPEG-2 Systems

Via LA’s MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License provides access to patents that are essential to the MPEG-2 Systems coding standard used in products, such as set-top boxes, cameras and mobile television and audio receivers, without licensed MPEG-2 video encoders or decoders. The MPEG-2 Systems Standard defines how to format the various components of multiplexer programs and combine them into a single program or transport stream.

To obtain a license or for additional information, please contact info@via-la.com.

* “Mobile MPEG-2 Systems Digital Receiver” shall mean a device that cannot receive an MPEG-2 Systems Standard compliant signal except via wireless communication according to a mobile wireless broadcast standard such as the ARIB Specifications for “1-segment” receivers (1seg), TIA-1099 (MediaFLO), TTAS.KO-07.0027 (S-DMB), ETSI TS 102 427 and ETSI TS 102 428 (T-DMB), Doc. A/153 ATSC-M/H Standard Parts 1-8, and ETSI EN 302 304 (DVB-H) standards.

• MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License covers devices in products that use the MPEG-2 Systems Standard without MPEG-2 video encoders and decoders
• The present terms continue through expiration of the last MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio Patent

Currently, patents are only active in Malaysia.

Both the coverage effective date and back royalty date are January 1, 2006.

The actual License agreement provides the only definitive and reliable statement of license

LICENSEES AND AFFILIATES IN GOOD STANDING*

*Licensees current in their obligations with respect to products reported and covered under their License; companies listed above may produce some or no products which are licensed under their respective agreement and, therefore, no conclusion may be drawn from this list that any particular products they manufacture are licensed. If you have questions about License coverage, please contact info@via-la.com.

*Terminated.  For as long as they continue to be a Licensee, those Licensees with a license in effect prior to the date of such Licensor’s termination retain their license to such Licensor’s MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio patents that the Licensor or its Affiliates presently or in the future has the right to license or sublicense (without payment to any third party which is not an Affiliate), including on or after such termination date. Please see the Patent List page and reference the Attachment 1 addendum for specific termination dates.*Terminated. For as long as they continue to be a Licensee, those Licensees who entered the MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License before a Licensor’s termination are covered under all MPEG-2 Systems Essential Patents that the terminated Licensor and its Affiliates presently or in the future has the right to license or sublicense, but coverage is not available to Licensees who enter the MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License after the Licensor’s termination date. Please see the Patent List page and reference the Attachment 1 addendum for specific termination dates.

This is a list of patents (Attachment 1) in the MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License (updated October 1, 2025). Under the MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio License, royalties are payable for products Manufactured or Sold in countries with an active MPEG-2 Systems Patent Portfolio Patent at the time of Manufacture or Sale. Please note that the last US patent expired February 13, 2018, and patents are presently active in Malaysia.

To obtain a license or for additional information, please contact info@via-la.com.

Please contact Via LA at ProgramManagement@via-la.com to request a copy of the submission procedures and the terms and conditions governing the submission of patents for essentiality determination in order to join the MPEG-2 Systems Licensing Program.