Even though many pundits think 4K will be delivered by streaming, there are plenty of households still with slower broadband for whom this will not be an option. Now, it seems, Google's free VP9 codec ...

One of the biggest video sites on the Net will use Google's next-generation video compression technology after it's fully defined on June 17. Stephen Shankland Former Principal Writer Stephen ...

Last month, Google revealed that it was planning to finish defining its VP9 video codec on June 17 (today), after which it will start using the next-generation compression technology in Chrome and on ...

YouTube has begun rolling out VP9 codec support to videos uploaded to the website to improve video compression and speed. The Google-owned company announced the changes on Monday. Google says the ...

As of today, the great UHD codec debate involves two main participants: Google’s VP9 and HEVC/H.265. Which one succeeds—and where—involves a number of factors and will likely differ in various ...

Google seems to be saying "Forget H.265 - our VP9 codec is here, now, and is better" Google have oddly found themselves in a great position to capitalise on the current 4K fervour with their VP9 codec ...

There’s a lot of interest in ultra-high definition (UHD) video, and the two codecs that drive it, HEVC and VP9. Over the past few months, a new UHD codec called Daala has also come to the fore. I ...

Vidyo continues to advance the state of the art in video collaboration with today's release of a VP9 codec optimized for real-time video. Vidyo focused this ground-up VP9 implementation on optimizing ...

Finally, we’re going to see an open source video codec take over the web and video streaming. Google has just announced a huge list of important hardware partners that will be adopting the open source ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Luxoft Holding, Inc (NYSE:LXFT), a leading provider of software development services and innovative IT solutions to a global client base, today announced the creation of its ...

VP9 support is growing while H.265 support is sparse. Better bandwidth efficiency may be one reason why. Last week we did our Kranky Geek WebRTC Show, which was successful. Google, in its session had ...

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update, due this summer, will expand the range of video and audio codecs that are supported by the Edge browser. Microsoft is adding the VP9 video codec, the Opus audio ...