Codec Efficiency is in the Eye of the Measurer. [podcast]
When it comes to comparing video codecs, it’s easy to get caught up in the “codec war” mentality. If analyzing and…
Will the Story End a Tragedy or Triumph? [podcast]
The Video Insiders host's Mark Donnigan & Dror Gill discuss Hollywood endings and story line arcs as they consider the state of HEVC & AV1.
Why Beamr Developed a Transcoder
Update 4/4/18: Since the original publishing of this post, we’ve built a product page for the Beamr Transcoder VOD which may be viewed…
Increasing Your Website’s Google Ranking With Smaller Images
For web users, waiting on slow-loading websites is about as exciting as watching paint dry. Those slow-moving progress bars and spinning…
Are viewers the new content aggregators?
Consumer spending on video streaming services is expected to rise 39% this year to about $13 billion, according to the Consumer Technology…
2018 Video Trends: 8K Makes a Splash
At the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show, video hardware manufacturers came out swinging on the innovation front—including 8K TVs and a host of…
CES 2018: 5G, 8K, and Beyond
5G video and the future of next-gen UltraHD video were hot topics at CES this week. While both technologies are independent of one another,…
CES 2018: Connected TV Tunes into the User Experience
As we roll into 2018, almost half of all US broadband households (45%) now own a smart TV, according to Parks Associates research – and it’s…
HEVC today. AV1 tomorrow?
In case you missed it, Apple just snuck a little surprise into the first few days of 2018 in the form of their name appearing on the Alliance…
Beamr Live HEVC Encoding Speed Test on the Intel® Xeon® Scalable Platinum Processor
It’s no secret that Intel-based hardware is ubiquitous in many video encoding data centers, which explains the high level of interest in the…