AV1 compression technology from companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Netflix is here. And it's blowing up the video industry's patent rules, too. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

The social network takes its first steps to send video using a new technology that can cut your data use, improve quality, and deliver videos faster. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

Testing AV1 and VVC After a year of work on a codec optimised for streaming, processing time appears to be dropping significantly. Video compression is an asset that the broadcast industry heavily ...

' AV1 ' is a video compression codec promoted by major tech companies such as Netflix, YouTube, and Google. It is expected to be about 30% more efficient than conventional HEVC (H.265) and VP9, and ...

Microsoft has announced that graphics processor partners Intel, AMD and Nvidia are bringing hardware-accelerated AV1/AVIF video compression to new Windows 10 systems this fall. Unfortunately, these ...

Fredrik Nilsson is Vice President of the Americas for Axis Communications, overseeing the company’s operations in North and South America. Even as picture quality has improved and cameras have grown ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Testing by Facebook engineers found that the Alliance for Open Media's new video codec, AV1, outperforms widely-used standards ...

We've mentioned the AV1 codec a couple of times already. AV1 is a royalty-free codec and offers improved compression compared to vp9 or hevc, the video bandwidth reduction can run upwards to 30 ...

A new 4K UHD-compatible video compression technology is officially ready for implementation, coming in the form of the AV1 specification. In recent years, the industry has relied on technologies such ...

Video compression plays a pivotal role in modern media streaming, influencing everything from the quality of the content we enjoy, to the efficiency of data transmission. One of the latest ...