MPEG – Display Daily

Links Week Starting 23rd May 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

Samsung Sued for Infringement of HEVC Essential Patents

by Artem Alekseenko

MPEG LA announced that enforcement actions have been brought in Landgericht Düsseldorf, Germany against Samsung Electronics GmbHfor infringement of patents in MPEG LA’s HEVC Patent Portfolio License. The patents are essential to the HEVC …

Tags:HEVC (H.265)| MPEG| Patents| Samsung

MPEG LA Introduces Patent Pool License for Versatile Video Coding (VVC)

by Artem Alekseenko

MPEG LA, LLC announced the availability of the VVC Patent Portfolio License (“VVC License” or “License”). The joint license includes patents that are essential to the Versatile Video Coding (VVC, also known as H.266 …

Tags:MPEG| Patents| VVC (H.266)

Hisense Enters Into MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License

by Artem Alekseenko

MPEG LA announced that Hisense International Co., Ltd. (“Hisense”) has become a Licensee to MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License (“AVC License”). As a result of this agreement, all legal disputes related to patent …

Tags:Hisense| MPEG| MPEG4 (H.264 AVC)| Patents

TCL Enters into MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License

by Artem Alekseenko

MPEG LA announced that TCL Electronics Holdings Limited (“TCL”) has become a Licensee to MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License (“AVC License”). As a result of this agreement, all legal disputes related to patent …

Tags:Licensing| MPEG| MPEG4 (H.264 AVC)| Patents| TCL

Links Week Ending 18th June 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. Leonardo Chiariglione has written a book about …

V-Nova LCEVC Licensing Terms Announced

by Artem Alekseenko

V-Nova, a leading provider of video compression solutions announced licensing terms for V-Nova LCEVC, a software development kit and a wide range of reference integrations that add MPEG-5 Part 2 LCEVC (Low Complexity Enhancement …

Tags:Licensing| MPEG| V-Nova

VVC 45% Better than HEVC, Says MPEG

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MPEG said that it has completed a verification test assessment of the new Versatile Video Coding (VVC or H.266) standard for ultra-high definition (UHD) content with standard dynamic range. According to …

Tags:AV1 Codec| HEVC (H.265)| MPEG| VVC (H.266)

V-Nova completes MPEG-5 LCEVC standard

by Bob Raikes

What They Say V-Nova said that it has made “a milestone achievement” in MPEG-5 Part 2 LCEVC (Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding) being promoted to MPEG/ISO final draft international standard. V-Nova co-chaired the standard’s …

Tags:Codecs| MPEG| Streaming Video

DVB considers future codec options

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The DVB (which coordinates the technical activities of broadcasters in Europe) has held a meeting to discuss the future of codecs. The codecs discussed were: AV1 (from the Alliance for Open …

Tags:Codecs| DVB| MPEG

Chiariglione Launches Moving Picture, Audio and Data Coding by Artificial Intelligence (MPAI) Organisation

by Artem Alekseenko

We received the following from Leonardo Chiariglione, who was a founder and chairman of MPEG, although he has now left that organisation (The Codec Wars Get Personal With MPEG Dispute). We published an article …

Tags:MPEG

Design and Build the Future of MPEG

by Leonardo Chiariglione

Established in 1988, the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) has produced some 180 standards in the area of efficient distribution on broadcast, broadband, mobile and physica medial, and consumption of digital moving pictures and …

Tags:Codecs| MPEG| Standards