H.264 is a very cool compression standard indeed, and intimately familiar to most Mac users as Apple’s own codec of choice for iTunes, Quicktime and the iPod. It’s also the codec driving YouTube and ...

The fuss about Flash on the iPad has now expanded to a serious discussion about Web video standards. Steve Jobs‘ missive about H.264 even garnered support from Microsoft. But the debate has spun on, ...

Some think license terms for the popular video encoding technology mean Apple's Final Cut Pro should be called Final Cut Hobbyist. Not so fast. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Some IPTV pundits say that one day there will be as many IPTV channels as there are Web sites. Such bold predictions may seem wildly optimistic, but the sentiment is understandable. Why wouldn’t ...

What? Microsoft and Apple seeing almost eye-to-eye on something? Yes…it’s true and concerns a bit of a hot topic on the Web at the mo: Video standards. Microsoft’s blog posting on this matter is ...

The case for moving from ubiquitous older video codecs like H.264 (AVC) to newer codecs like AV1 or HEVC (H.265) is typically expressed in terms of encoding efficiency that translates to bandwidth and ...

Thor now carries a new H.264 hardware encoder line that is purpose built for modern network video & Inetnet transport. HD Network Video Servers (HD-NVS) by Thor Broadcast offer video input up to ...

One almost-universal truism in the world of streaming media is that licensing particular technologies can be a confusing and somewhat byzantine process. MPEG-4 and H.264 licensing, in particular, have ...

LAS VEGAS Jan 06, 2005 — Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor solutions enabling broadband communications, today announced a reference design ...

The battle for the future of Web video has been nothing if not confusing, and it isn’t over yet. MPEG LA, the industry group responsible for various audio and video formats, announced that it’ll keep ...