Though a touch dated, the Omdia chart in Figure 1 shows worldwide phone shipments by price point over the designated periods. As you can see, phones costing below $150 are leading the charge. While ...

Netflix released new details of its own streaming tests recently -- including a huge effort to determine whether x265 (HEVC), VP9, or x264 should be used for future projects. Share on Facebook (opens ...

A deserted cliff. Lightning appearing out of nowhere. A mysterious lady all dressed in white. Netflix’s latest original program, “Meridian,” is spooky, confusing, and only 12 minutes long. That’s ...

It’s been 3-plus years since the MPEG codec explosion that brought us VVC, LCEVC, and EVC. Rather than breathlessly trumpet every single-digit quality improvement or design win, I’ll quickly get you ...

The recently released AV1 video codec works better than expected, according to Facebook engineers, after putting the new technology through a benchmark test that tried to mimic Facebook's real-life ...

GRENOBLE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allegro DVT, the worldwide leader in video codec compliance test suites and semiconductor video IPs, announces that it has completed the acquisition of Vicuesoft, ...