joint video team (ITU) (JVT)

The Joint Video Team (JVT) deals, among other things, with the technical design of video codecs such as that for H.264/ AVC. The JVT consists of experts from the Video Coding Experts Group of the International Telecommunication Union( ITU) and the Motion Pictures Expert Group( MPEG), which in turn belongs to the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission( ISO/ IEC).