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 ...

Google's VP9 video codec is getting a major boost today. While Mozilla, Google's own Chrome browser and a few video players like FFmpeg started supporting VP9 over the course of the last year, what ...

Argon Design, a Cambridge-based developer of video compression chip test technology, has signed a licensing agreement with Renesas Electronics. It involves IP for compliance testing to Google’s VP9 ...

YouTube teams up with several hardware makers such as Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba and ARM to adopt the new codec VP9 for the 4K content. YouTube may soon embrace the 4K resolution on its network.

Argon Design Ltd, a leading supplier of advanced video verification solutions, has signed licensing and support agreements for Argon Streams VP9 with Japanese semiconductor company Renesas Electronics ...

YouTube is planning to demonstrate 4K video streaming at CES 2014 in Las Vegas next week, using Google's new open source VP9 video codec format, according to GigaOm. VP9 is meant to consume half the ...