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Barco Silex Wins Imagenics 4K HDMI adaptor

by Bob Raikes

Barco Silex said that Imagenics of Japan is using its VC-2 HQ codec (standardized as SMPTE ST-2042) in its new 4K IMG.Link Rev2 HDMI receiver and transmitter modules for long range video transmission. They …

V-Nova Extending in Contribution and Distribution

by Bob Raikes

We met with Fabio Murra, SVP Product & Marketing at V-Nova, in the IABM Members Lounge at the show – an oasis that somehow we had missed over the years, despite 16 visits! V-Nova …

Acronym Soup at IBC

by Bob Raikes

I still have a lot of work to do to finalise my report on the IBC event that finished last week, but there were a number of things to see and think about. As …

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Fraunhofer Moves Light Field to Video & Works on Codecs

by Bob Raikes

The Fraunhofers had its usual booth in Hall 8, with lots of stations showing different technologies. Most of them were looking at audio developments as the Institute is very strong there, with MPEG-H being …

IBC 2017 Roundup

by Bob Raikes

ABox42 of Germany was highlighting its range of IoT solutions that exploit its STBs and are organised around very specific use cases e.g. home owner, parent. The company told us that both Deutsche Telekom …

Sky Takes Minority Stake in V-Nova

by Alan Spencer

Sky plc is taking a minority equity stake in V-Nova, a provider of video compression solutions. The value of the investment is £4.5 million ($5.7 million). V-Nova already has a number of investors, including …

Perseus 2 Shown and Explained

by Chris Chinnock

V-Nova burst on the scene two years ago with a new encoding method called Perseus (Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements). Many were skeptical as the company was not the most forthcoming on how it …

Beamr Updates its HEVC Encoding Technology

by Bob Raikes

Beamr Imaging said that it has developed a content-adaptive HEVC software encoder, Beamr 5x that is said to produce HEVC video streams that are 50% smaller than the previous version, Beamr 5. The company …

V-Nova Updates its Codec to V2

by Bob Raikes

It’s two years since V-Nova, based in the UK, made a splash with its new Perseus codec a couple of years ago. As well as promising high quality at very low bit rates, the …

Tags:Codecs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| V-Nova| Vol 24 - Issue 13

V-Nova Demos UltraHD With Thaicom Using PC

by Bob Raikes

V-Nova said that its Perseus Codec is being used by Thaicom, a satellite operator, to demonstrate to clients that it can support UltraHD or Super Hi-Vision 8K. The companies said that broadcast was at …

Elemental Reveals UltraHD Pitfalls

by Isaac Oburu

Elemental has released a white paper on optimising quality for UltraHD quality that is available to download freely. The company said that ensuring quality needs new measurement and processing technology and also points out …

V-Nova Buys Faroudja Patents

by Bob Raikes

V-Nova, based in London and developer of the Perseus codec, has bought the ‘full global patent portfolio’ of Faroudja Enterprises Inc, founded by Yves Faroudja. The key patents for V-Nova are those that can …

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