When the companies disabled HEVC support built into the CPUs of select PCs, it raised uncomfortable questions: Why remove a ...

As much as we love debating the pros and cons of new codecs like AV1, VVC, and LCEVC, independent premium-content publishers have largely ignored them. Take Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) founding ...

As recently as two or three years ago, you had to be a compression geek to choose and deploy a new codec for publishing your content. Today, in mid-2024, you need to be part patent attorney, part CFO, ...

The takeaway: For years, the industry has touted AV1 as the codec capable of sidestepping the royalty and litigation thicket surrounding HEVC. Now, a new lawsuit from Dolby Laboratories against Snap ...

Codec licensing company Access Advance has introduced a new Video Distribution Patent (VDP) Pool covering internet streaming. The VDP includes the HEVC, AV1, VVC and VP9 codecs. The company already ...