The 152nd MPEG meeting took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 7 to October 11, 2025. The official MPEG press release can be found here. This column highlights key points from the meeting, amended with research aspects relevant to the ACM SIGMM community: • MPEG Systems received an Emmy® Award for the Common Media Application Format (CMAF). A separate press release regarding this achievement is available here. • JVET ratified new editions of VSEI, VVC, and HEVC • The fourth edition of Visual Volumetric Video-based Coding (V3C and V-PCC) has been finalized • Responses to the call for evidence on video compression with capability beyond VVC successfully evaluated
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