A new tech blog from Netflix highlights the importance of the AV1 open video codec, which now powers about 30% of the platform’s streaming and discusses a variety of opportunities to expand its ...

Netflix released new details of its own streaming tests recently -- including a huge effort to determine whether x265 (HEVC), VP9, or x264 should be used for future projects. Share on Facebook (opens ...

Which streaming codecs do Netflix and Facebook use? Jan Ozer, Principal, Streaming Learning Center, Contributing Editor, Streaming Media, asks Andrey Norkin, Senior Research Scientist, Netflix, and ...

RAW video shot with a camera has a very large file size, so in order to save or transmit the video data, it must be converted to compress the RAW video data. The video data conversion is called ...

Migrating to new codecs is fraught with challenges and complications for companies with massive content libraries like Netflix and Meta, or live linear providers like United Cloud. What drives ...

With the European Union strengthening rules for big tech companies in the block starting in 2023, a new report shows that its antitrust regulators want to probe Apple, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and ...