Video-streaming giant Netflix has released an update to a new image file format called AVIF, or AV1 Image File Format, which it believes can be a superior replacement to the 27-year-old JPEG ...

In context: The AV1 video coding format provides an open, royalty-free codec specifically designed for internet video streaming, developed as a successor to Google's VP9. Unlike competing formats like ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cloudinary, the media experience platform for many of the world’s top brands, today announced its partnership with Visionular, the next generation video encoding ...

Intel has just announced that it will support AV1 video coding technology in the new Intel Arc GPUs. The tech will offer hardware-accelerated encoding that may have a huge impact on video streaming ...

H.264. HEVC. VP9. If these terms mean nothing to you, you’re not alone. Each is a kind of video codec. Though they’re responsible for every second of video we watch online or on a Blu-ray, most people ...

AV1 is an open, industry-backed codec that will allow for more efficient and better quality video streaming. YouTube is beginning to test AV1 through an initial beta with Chrome 70 and Firefox Nightly ...

LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sisvel International S.A. announced today nine new members to its Video Coding Licensing Platform, bringing the total number of technology companies participating to 14.

Video compression plays a pivotal role in modern media streaming, influencing everything from the quality of the content we enjoy, to the efficiency of data transmission. One of the latest ...

Microsoft has outlined the PC system requirements to play back AV1 format videos with hardware acceleration on Windows 10. In brief, users will need the very latest GPUs from Intel, Nvidia or AMD to ...

Netflix is one of the most popular video streaming platforms in the world and has tens of thousands of subscribers globally. The streaming giant has announced that it will soon allow subscribers to ...

Yesterday Sisvel International S.A. announced two new patent pools offering licenses on patents "relevant to the VP9 and AV1 specifications," applying to consumer devices like smartphones, TVs, ...