In addition to the financial burdens of HEVC licensing, the risk of lawsuits from patent holders can deter companies from ...

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 ...