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
AV1
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
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,...
Business
European Union investigates Alliance for Open Media licensing policy
The EU is reportedly investigating alleged anti-competitive behaviour related to the license terms of AV1 by AOM and its members in Europe.
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...
Media Management
AWS Elemental MediaConvert supports 4K frame sizes in AV1 output format
Enhancements expand the AV1 encoding capabilities of AWS Elemental MediaConvert to enable creation of High Dynamic Range (HDR) 4K content
Media Management
Netflix delivers AV1 streaming to TVs
Netflix said it has seen significant compression efficiency improvements from AV1, with noticeable drops in quality reduced by up to 38 per cent
Media Management
Cloudinary launches Innovation Lab to support and develop next-gen codecs
Company aims to offer a space to experiment with innovative concepts, including new image formats and video technologies driven by AI
Media Management
YouTube goes to Argos for transcoding
New Argos video coding units bring up to 20-33 times improvements in compute efficiency compared to Youtube's previous optimised system
Media Management
Google ‘pushing AV1 support on all new Android TVs’
Company said to want all new Android TVs to support the codec by end of March
Media Consumption
YouTube launches 8K on Android TVs
Viewers need TVs with Android 10 that support the AV1 codec.
Media Management
iSIZE Technologies and Intel partner on AI-boosted bitrate savings
Partnership has enabled iSIZE to achieve up to 5 times speed performance on its BitSave precoding technology.
Live Production
Grass Valley launches trio of live production products, Synamedia joins Alliance for Open Media and more
TVBEurope breaks down today's top tech news
Media Management
Netflix adopts AV1 codec for Android users
A "select amount" of titles are being delivered via AV1
TVBEverywhere
CES 2020: New cameras, Filmmaker mode and Dolby Vision IQ
Sound and vision play key part in day one announcements
News Releases
TITAN Playout supports a new era of broadcasting
ATEME brings latest video quality improvements to IBC
Technology
AWS adds HEVC to MediaLive for SD, HD and UHD encoding
Also showcasing new Quality-Defined Variable Bitrate encoding
Data Centre
Latency “most significant issue” for video developers
Bitmovin publishes annual Video Developer Report
Videos
Features
Will increased competition drive technological innovation in the OTT market?
Remi Beaudouin, chief strategy officer at ATEME looks at the new services that could disrupt the OTT market
Technology
Vimeo announces support for AV1 Codec
Vimeo is encoding its Staff Picks selections in AV1
Features
Online video delivery at the dawn of the 5G era
Igor Oreper, vice president solutions, Bitmovin, looks at the 5G chicken and the data egg
Videos
Technology
Intel publishes open source encoder for AV1 codec
Dedicated AV1 encoders are expected to arrive in a year or so
Features
Getting ready for the multi-codec world
By Paul MacDougall, principal sales engineer, Bitmovin
Technology
Facebook begins AV1 trials
Social network is delivering AV1-encoded video over MPEG-DASH on Chrome Canary
Technology
NAB 2018 Day Three: Tech giants begin AV1 adoption
PlayStation Vue breaks out, and how film posters could be based on a viewer's clicks
Technology
Alliance for Open Media ‘kickstarts’ video innovation with AV1 release
Codec delivers cross-platform, 4K UHD or higher online video, royalty-free
Business
Apple joins Alliance for Open Media
Tech giant signs up in partnership with the likes of Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft