Bitmovin has released the latest version of its Encoder, with new HEVC and AV1 codecs, Media over QUIC (MOQ) and integration with AI agents. Bitmovin Encoder Version 3 introduces new codecs tuned for ...

U.S. diesel crack spreads rose above $106 a barrel Sept. 1, setting a record and signaling exceptionally strong refining margins. Global diesel supplies tightened after disruptions linked to attacks ...

The margin that oil refiners demand for producing fuels like gasoline, heating oil and diesel has climbed to some of the highest levels in history, putting more upward pressure on prices of petroleum ...

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The open-source multimedia world cleared a legal hurdle three decades in the making today: the final patent covering MPEG-4 Part 2 Visual — the codec behind DivX and Xvid — expired on July 19, 2026, ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Access Advance LLC, der führende Verwalter des Patentpools für High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), gab heute eine erhebliche Erweiterung des HEVC Advance-Patentpools bekannt, ...

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You may recall hardware support for HEVC and H.265 recently disappearing from HP and Dell laptops which used iGPUs. They didn’t provide a reason why some models lost this ability while other models ...

As UHD, HDR, live sports streaming, immersive audio and even 8K experimentation move into the mainstream, encoding has become a core business strategy. Broadcasters and streaming providers must ...

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 ...

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 ...