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New Image Compression Standard Could Reduce Latency in VR

by Andrew Fenn

The Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) has announced a new image compression standard called JPEG XS, designed to allow for higher-quality images to be transmitted with a lower degree of latency, reducing the motion …

Alliance for Open Media Releases AV1 specification

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the expected arrival of the new AV1 codec a couple of weeks ago (Get Ready for a New Codec) and now the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) officially released the AV1 …

Tags:Codecs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Get Ready for a New Codec

by Bob Raikes

One of those bits of critical, but (hopefully) transparent technology that gets the video that we all love through the ether, copper or fibre, is the codec and there’s an important new one coming, …

Tags:Codecs| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 11

MWC 2018 Roundup Part 1

by Bob Raikes

Abenecel was at the 4YFN event and is based in Korea. The company is a technology licensing company that has a patented compression pre-processing system that can be used for graphics files and can …

MWC 2018 Catch Up

by Bob Raikes

After the really big shows there are always a few items that ‘slip through the net’ at the time we finalise our show report, so we like to catch up so that as little …

Silex Inside Focuses on HDMI over IP

by Bob Raikes

This was our first meeting with Silex Inside, the MBO of the Barco Silex business (Barco Silex Buys Barco Out to Become “Silex Inside”). Staff on the booth told us that one of the …

Amphion Releases Video Decoder Core for HEVC and VP9

by Andrew Fenn

Amphion Semiconductor, a video codec silicon IP provider, has announced the release of the latest version of its Malone video decoder IP core. Architectural optimisations have enabled the company to realise further reductions in …

Ateme Director Reveals H.266 Development is Underway

by Andrew Fenn

The standardisation process for the successor to the H.265 video codec has begun. The final product, called FVC (Future Video Codec) or H.266, is expected to be complete and available by 2021, according to …

Tags:Codecs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Boxer Announces Partnership with V-Nova

by Andrew Fenn

Boxer, a UK solution provider for the video, film and TV markets has announced a new partnership with V-Nova, a London-based manufacturer of video compression solutions for media processing and delivery. V-Nova is best-known …

Tags:Codecs| Distribution| Large Display Monitor| V-Nova| Vol 25 - Issue 04

European Broadcasting Union to Evaluate New Video Codecs

by Andrew Fenn

The European Broadcasting Union has commissioned the University of Applied Sciences of Wiesbaden, Germany to evaluate video compression technologies, in response to the growing interest in the Alliance for Open Media’s AV1 codec and …

Tags:Codecs| EBU| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

NGCodec raises $8 million in Funding

by Bob Raikes

Codec developer, NGCodec, which is working on HEVC and V-Nova and has Xilinx as an investor, has raised $8 million in Series A funding bringing the total funding raised by the company to $15.9 …

Tags:Codecs| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Apple Joins Alliance for Open Media

by Andrew Fenn

Apple has joined Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla and Netflix, among others, in the Alliance for Open Media, the group of companies working together to develop the next-generation, open-source, royalty-free video format, AV1. …

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