Codec adoption is like that slow-moving development being built across town. It seems to take forever to get the roads, storm drains, and sewage systems in and the lot grading completed. The developer ...

Welcome to your codec update for 2023. I’m here to help you decide whether it’s time to go all in on AV1, VVC, LCEVC, or EVC or whether it’s better to stick with H.264, VP9, and HEVC. As an overview, ...

Microsoft has announced that it will add hardware acceleration support for the Aomedia Video 1 (AV1) video codec to Windows 10 this fall. AV1 is an open, royalty-free codec intended to provide ...

The DVB Project has published two new documents setting out the commercial requirements that will drive the organisation’s next phase of work on video codecs. The updates have been published ahead of ...

The video streaming industry is still relatively young, but its adoption and the pace of innovations underpinning it are breathtaking. Less than 20 years ago, YouTube launched, introducing us to ...

Access Advance LLC, an independent licensing administrator for leading video codec patent pools, today announced that Xiaomi has joined the HEVC Advance Patent Pool and the VVC Advance Patent Pool, as ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Responding to growing market demand for an industry solution for codec licensing in the video distribution market, Access Advance LLC (“Advance”) is pleased to announce the ...

Recap: Support for the AV1 codec has grown considerably since its launch in 2018. Large and small platforms quickly adopted the format to minimize bandwidth consumption while preserving image quality.

A new tech blog from Netflix highlights the importance of the AV1 open video codec, which now powers about 30% of the platform’s streaming and discusses a variety of opportunities to expand its ...