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 ...

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, ...

Bitmovin has announced an agreement with MUBI to provide cloud-based VoD encoding for its global film streaming platform, ...

Valve is rolling out a new update for the Steam Link app that brings multiple new enhancements for Android TV. If you enjoy streaming games from your home computer onto your Android TV using the Steam ...

We recently mentioned that macOS Big Sur includes a new version of Safari with several enhancements, including support for HDR videos. It turns out there’s a platform that’s already benefiting from ...

In a nutshell: The Alliance for Open Media will launch a new brand to promote a royalty-free audio-video experience on consumer hardware, something Google has already achieved with the recently ...

There is a new encoding format from the creators of H.264, H.265, and MP3 that aims to cut the size of 4K and 8K video in half. Dubbed H.266 VCC (Versatile Video Coding), and created by Fraunhofer in ...

It's been a long time since Xbox users have clamored for an HDR support for Youtube, but finally it's here. Previous gen and current gen Xbox consoles can now support HDR when you're streaming Youtube ...

Each local media player has its own killer features – as lightweight as MPC-HC, as multi-platform as VLC. While some may provide certain streaming sources of 360 degree videos, some can offer stabler ...

In the summer of 2016, Microsoft introduced the Xbox One S, bringing support for HDR to the Xbox family for the first time. Now, after four and a half years, Google has implemented HDR video support ...