In 2020, the Moving Pictures Expert Group (MPEG) plans to launch three different codecs. To put that in perspective, there was a nine-year gap between MPEG-2 (1994) and H.264 (2003), and a ten-year ...

AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) was invented by a group of technology companies to be an open, royalty-free alternative to other video codecs, like HEVC/H.265. But a lawsuit that Dolby Laboratories Inc. filed ...

Samsung has been sued for infringing HEVC patents as the South Korean giant has been continuing to offer products that come with HEVC or H.266 support, even after its license has long expired. Samsung ...

“For VVC to capture market share among cellular device manufacturers, VVC’s royalty rates will have to be very attractive compared to the rates for AVC and AV1.” The Versatile Video Coding standard ...

The takeaway: For years, the industry has touted AV1 as the codec capable of sidestepping the royalty and litigation thicket surrounding HEVC. Now, a new lawsuit from Dolby Laboratories against Snap ...

WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HEVC is a codec of choice in the streaming industry, according to a new report commissioned by InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC), a mobile and video ...

In addition to the financial burdens of HEVC licensing, the risk of lawsuits from patent holders can deter companies from seeking HEVC support. The space is crowded with pending and settled lawsuits, ...