Video: Scalable Video Coding in HEVC & AV1

While it has never played a big role in practical applications, scalable video coding has been around since the times of MPEG 2, and might actually have some advantages over the multi-rate transmission often applied today. The purpose of scalable coding is to efficiently compress multiple different versions of the same video in one “scalable” bitstream. Actually this sounds like the perfect solution for VOD and streaming applications, but unfortunately it has some downsides and few vendors ever used it. In this talk, Chrstian will review the basic idea of scalable coding, how it is enabled in modern coding standards and the pros and cons of implementing the technology in streaming applications.

Speaker

Christian Feldmann Chrisitan Feldmann
Codec Engineer,
Bitmovin

Video: Deploying Android TV operator Tier STBs

It’s not easy doing a complete STB roll-out so it’s great that Com Hem have brought together 3 Screen Solutions, Technicolor and Verimatrix to explain how they rolled out the first hybrid Android TV Operator Tier STV from Com Hem. Joining John Moulding from Videonet the session talks about:

  • Outlining the benefits of RDK and Android
  • Project approach, timeline & benefits
  • Content segmentation, maximising compatibility
  • Player functionality & Remote control
  • Google Integration and mandates
  • Middleware
  • Hardware Choice
  • Content Protection strategies
  • Backend implementation
  • And much more!

Watch now!

Speakers

Thomas Helbo Thomas Helbo
CTO
Com Hem
Kai-Christian Borchers Kai-Christian Borchers
Managing Director
3 Screen Solutions
Gaëtan Delcroix Gaëtan Delcroix
Vice President, Video Product Unit
Technicolor
Petr Peterka Petr Peterka
CTO
Verimatrix
John Moulding John Moulding
Editor-in-Chief
Videonet

Top Video of 2018: HEVC vs AV1 and the Future of the Codec Battle

 

As the first post of 2019, please allow me to say Happy New Year and to thank you for the time you spend coming to the website, following by email and/or following on social media. Your visits, interest and recommendations are very important and highly appreciated. 2018 ended with being nominated for the Royal Television Society Website of the Year. Whilst the hardworking and knowledgable people at The Broadcast Bridge won, and deservedly so, I hope you’ll be as mighty pleased as I was to see a non-commercial site pitted against the best in the industry. Be assured that The Broadcast Knowledge always aims higher than before so what better motivation than to top that!

As we set our sights on 2019, there’s time for a brief look back at the top video linked to here on The Broadcast Knowledge in 2018. Looking back at the stats, it has the most page visits and the most clicks, so let’s revisit this panel on AV1 and HEVC. It’s not often you get the likes of Facebook and Harmonic sharing their latest research on stage with companies like Harmonic and Bitmovin who are very active in the Codec community, so it’s no surprise this piqued the interest of many.

This panel took place during NAB 2018 when AV1 had just ‘released’ the AV1 codec at the show but the points discussed are as relevant today as they were then including the adoption of HEVC in the marketplace. Having said that, do check out the AV1 and HEVC tags to see what more recent discussions there have been including a discussion of the future of video codecs at Streaming Media East 2018

Sit back and watch HEVC vs AV1 and the Future of the Codec Battle!

Speakers

Jan Ozer Moderator
Jan Ozer
Principal

Doceo Publishing

Thierry Fautier Mr Thierry Fautier

VP, Video Strategy

Harmonic

Michael Coward Mike Coward

Director of Engineering

Facebook

Christopher Mueller Christopher Mueller

CTO

BitMovin

Matt Frost Matt Frost

Head of Strategy and Partnerships

Google Chrome Media

Video: VVC – the Next-Next Gen Codec

VVC is a new standard going through MPEG standardisation which is being increasingly discussed. Dubbed the next, next-gen Codec, it promises to deliver many improvements over current Codecs.

Christian Feldmann from Bitmovin takes us through what’s new to help understand where the Codec is in its development, who is involved and how it’s going to achieve its aims. Covering also licensing

There’s a lot of work to do, but anyone who has an interest in Codecs should take some time to understand the work which is going on.

Watch now!

Speaker

Christian Feldmann Christian Feldmann
Codec Engineer,
Bitmovin