Moving picture experts group (MPEG) standards are digital video encoding processes that coordinate the transmission of multiple forms of media (multimedia). Moving picture experts group (MPEG) is a working committee that defines and develops industry standards for digital video systems. These standards specify the data compression and decompression processes and how they are delivered on digital broadcast systems. MPEG is part of International Standards Organization (ISO).

Group of Experts - MPEG standards are created by a group of experts which come from companies that supply products and services to the television and digital media industry.

Standards - Standards are documents that define the processes and values that are used to create, distribute, and render (display and play) media.

Multimedia Formats - Multimedia formats are the items and structures that make up media items (such as a mix of audio and video components to produce a television program).

Transmission - MPEG systems define how signals can be transmitted, distributed, and used.

Conformance - MPEG defines many processes. Companies may test their products and services to determine if they operate as defined by the MPEG standard and what options they contain.