At long last, HDTV is arriving in Europe, with a single HDTV DBS service already operating, and launches in the U.K., Germany, and France announced for the 2005-06 period. As might be expected, there ...

As broadcasters look to the future, many are concerned about the development of even newer compression schemes. While new compression technologies may offer additional benefits, there is the trade-off ...

Digital video currently follows the MPEG-2 standard, but improvements in image processing technology are set to move MPEG-4 to the forefront of video compression. Millions of DVD disks, satellite ...

An Internet streaming group on Tuesday endorsed a licensing plan for MPEG-4 audio compression, sidestepping controversy that has erupted around a highly anticipated sister video technology put forward ...

The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG), a group of technology experts formed to create new digital standards for audio and video compression, has a rich history when it comes to creating formats that ...

Editors' Note: This article has been updated since its original posting. Seven years ago, when I was still a clueless kid, I played my first video clip on the Internet using a 56k connection. It was ...

Apple Computer has rejected proposed licensing terms for the emerging MPEG-4 video standard, leaving the future of its QuickTime multimedia technology in limbo. At a company-sponsored conference ...

Apple OSes are extremely finicky about how their HEVC files are encoded, I am having a lot of trouble finding out exactly how to encode my files to work with iOS, macOS, and tvOS. Container Format: ...

RealNetworks on Wednesday released the last piece of its three-part open-source code for streaming digital media, but the server code lacks support for the industry standard MPEG-4. The Seattle-based ...