The two main players, Dolby and DTS, can be found in some of the best home audio gear and each offer multiple standards, and ...

World-class next-gen AV2 HW IP confirmed for future flagship devices of a major North American client Achieving 'Consecutive Licensing' based on ...

On June 9, 2026, the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) announced the specifications for AV2, the next-generation video compression standard. AV2 is being developed under a royalty-free patent policy ...

The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) has released the final specification for AV2. The new video codec is intended to eventually replace AV1 as the next-generation, royalty-free format. According to ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. AOMedia has quietly published the first 1.0.0 release of its AV2 encoder, spotted by users on the AV1 subreddit and picked up by Videocardz. There was no ...

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Sound & Video Contractor. Dolby Laboratories has filed a lawsuit against Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, over its use of HEVC and the AV1 codec ...

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 ...

BOSTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / March 24, 2026 / Access Advance LLC today announced that Dolby Laboratories Inc., a holder of patents administered through the Access Advance Video Distribution Patent ...

Recap: Support for the AV1 codec has grown considerably since its launch in 2018. Large and small platforms quickly adopted the format to minimize bandwidth consumption while preserving image quality.

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 ...