Media Management
Report: Industry is ready for next-gen codecs, but there’s a lag in adoption
The report found that that H.264/AVC still dominates the video industry, but there is a clear trend in the direction of next-generation codecs
codecs
Media Management
Access Advance launches HEVC, AV1, VVC and VP9 codec pool
The company already manages both the HEVC and VVC Advance Patent Pools
Media Delivery
Evolve and elevate: the role of standards in bringing immersive video to a wider audience
Philippe Guillotel, director and head of the video lab’s metavideo group at InterDigital, comments on the crucial nature of standards in providing foundations for...
Media Management
Grass Valley selects intoPIX FastTicoXS JPEG XS solution
Minimising the need for dedicated hardware, the integration empowers teams to deploy AMPP across cloud or on-prem infrastructure, enabling live production collaboration from any...
Media Management
Bloomberg joins Alliance for Open Media
Bloomberg joins the likes of Amazon, Apple, Bitmovin, Google, Netflix, Nvidia and Synamedia who are all members of the organisation
Media Delivery
Avid, DPP and SMPTE partner on new standard for VC-3 codec in IMF
The new standard empowers organisations across the media supply chain to simplify content distribution
Media Management
IntoPIX and BCnexxt introduce JPEG XS to live playout
BCnexxt has integrated intoPIX's TicoXS software stack, enabling Vipe to receive and instantly decode HD streams with JPEG XS
Audio
MPEG-H and the evolution of broadcast audio
Thomas Kramer, VP strategy and business development, MainConcept, and Yannik Grewe, senior engineer – media technologies, Fraunhofer IIS, detail how MPEG-H Audio enables broadcasters...
Media Management
V-Nova surpasses 1,000 technology patents
The company's innovations span streaming, broadcast and virtual and augmented reality
Sponsored
Maximising resources: Keys to POST Luxembourg’s success in the evolving media landscape
POST Luxembourg's journey with TAG Video underscores how finding a vendor who understands both current needs and the long-term vision can produce benefits over...
Media Delivery
Visionular to deliver sub-100kbps streaming via AV1 codec
Its partnership with Reticulate Micro aims to deliver real-time video encoding at bitrates lower than legacy codecs such as H.264 and HEVC, with streaming...
Artificial Intelligence
AI, 5G, cloud production revealed as broadcast industry’s top priorities in 2024
Artificial intelligence has entered the list of top priorities for the broadcast industry in Haivision's latest Broadcast Transformation Report
Sustainability
How the SMART-CD Consortium is tackling environmental issues
Alain Nochimowski, chief technology officer at Viaccess-Orca, explains how a new Consortium is leading the charge for sustainable video streaming
Media Consumption
Apple Vision Pro confirms Dolby Vision HDR content
The headset features a pair of ultra-high-resolution micro-OLED displays, creating 23 million pixels with wide colour, high dynamic range, and Dolby Vision
Media Management
Intinor develops HEVC/H.265 encoder with AI and ML
The technology uses a software codec which adopts artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimise the encoding
IP Migration
Moving forward: Codecs and IP will continue to be key trends in 2024
As the media tech industry returns to work in 2024, we asked a selection of key industry executives for their perspectives on what technologies...
Media Management
Avid | Stream IO adds playlist building, captioning and support for AVC-LongG12
Avid | Stream IO’s channel count has doubled to support up to eight channels in a single system, with the flexibility to configure inputs...
Media Management
HEVC forecast to become codec of choice for high-quality streaming
With the addressable market for HEVC-supported devices expected to expand to ten billion by 2030, usage of HEVC is poised for significant growth, according...
IP Migration
Lawo adds JPEG XS compression to its IP video infrastructure platform
Lawo said it wants to provide broadcasters with the ability to leverage compressed streams as and when required in order to accelerate high-quality distributed...
Media Management
Apple’s iPhone 15 includes dedicated AV1 decoder
The dedicated decoder enables more efficient, high-quality video experiences for streaming services, said the tech giant
Media Management
DVB publishes requirements for next phase of video codec work
The updates have been published ahead of ETSI's expected update of the DVB-AVC specification
IP Migration
Lawo and intoPIX partner to deliver end-to-end JPEG XS support
Support for the lossless JPEG XS compression technology in HD, 3G and UHD video-format resolutions will allow users of Lawo’s new HOME-managed Apps to...
Audio
Google extends AAC codec range license
The latest version of the AAC family, xHE-AAC, offers maximum coding efficiency with a usable bit rate range that spans from 12 kbit/s to...
Media Management
Is Apple aiming to use AI for video compression?
The global tech giant has quietly acquired start-up WaveOne, which created artificial intelligence-based video compression software
Media Management
It’s a brave, new multi-codec world
2023 is expected to see progression in AV1, HEVC, and VVC codec adoption, but what does that mean for the broadcast industry? Markus Hafellner,...
Media Management
Spin Digital releases new VVC/H.266 supporting real-time encoder and SDK
The VVC encoder facilitates next-generation applications, such as 4K and 8K live streaming, and higher quality live VR-360° and immersive video, said the company
Media Management
A cause for video compression celebration
Jan De Cock, director of codec development, Synamedia, details why the introduction of AMD’s 4th generation EPYC CPUs signals ever-improving video experiences on the...
Media Management
Bitmovin: H.264 still the most used codec, but AV1 adoption is coming
Company's annual reveals year-on-year trends, opportunities for innovation and the headwinds the video developer community faces
IP Migration
intoPIX updates JPEG XS codecs to handle 1000fps
Depending on the selected IP core, the company's tiny codecs, known as TicoXS, can go up to 480fps in 4K, and 1920fps in HD
Media Management
InterDigital and Philips to develop video-based immersive codecs for XR
InterDigital will contribute expertise on immersive codecs, including Visual Volumetric Video (V3), Video-based Point Cloud Compression (V-PCC) and MPEG Immersive Video (MIV)
Media Management
Marquise Technologies adds VC-6 compression to QC reference player
SMPTE ST 2117-1 (VC-6), is a multi-layer coding standard that utilises in-loop AI techniques
Media Consumption
Google ‘preparing to launch own version of Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision’
Google is said to have already discussed the project with hardware manufacturers
Media Management
Jünger Audio’s flexAI audio system receives Dolby E certification
The new encoders and decoders are the first of a series of upcoming codecs for flexAI, said the company
Media Management
Next Gen Codecs: AV1 & VVC
Russell Trafford-Jones takes a look at the two codecs vying for adoption and how they’re being received by the media industry
Media Delivery
Apple ‘preparing to support AV1’
Company has added a new option for AV1 video in its AVFoundation framework, which could lead to the Apple's products supporting 8K
Media Management
Poll: AI-based encoding will be most dominant codec in next five years
Findings revealed from our 5G networks and the new coding standards webinar
Media Delivery
Netflix’s Open Connect ‘saved ISPs over $1 billion in 2021’
Netflix commissioned Analysys Mason to quantify the impact that initiatives such as Open Connect, its caching and traffic delivery programme, and the implementation of...
Business
TVBEurope July/August 2022 issue now available
This issue looks at the plans for broadcast coverage of the Commonwealth Games, investigates the two codecs vying for adoption by the media industry,...
Media Management
DVB Project adds AVS3 codec to video coding specification
AVS3 is able to encode video with approximately 40 per cent bitrate savings for the same subjective quality compared to HEVC, said the DVB
Business
Free webinar: 5G networks and the new coding standards
Speakers include BT Sport's Matt Stagg, InterDigital's Alan Stein, and Simon Forrest from Futuresource Consulting
Media Management
The challenge of low-latency
Stefan Lederer, CEO and co-founder at Bitmovin, looks at how live low-latency streaming remains a challenge, and how AV1 could be 2022's breakout star
Media Management
DTG: A fork in the road coming for video standards
The DTG's latest State of the Nation report takes a look at how streaming video providers are expected to adopt a different video codec...