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At Mile High Video 2025, I sat down with Igor Oreper, Bitmovin’s Chief Strategy Officer, to discuss the company’s latest innovations, including their next-generation web player, advancements in live encoding, and AI-driven contextual advertising. Igor also shared his insights on Bitmovin’s cloud-agnostic strategy and the importance of developer-focused events like Mile High Video. You can watch the interview on YouTube …
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February, 2025
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22 February
Jan De Cock of Synamedia at Mile High Video 2025
At Mile High Video 2025, I sat down with Synamedia’s Jan De Cock to discuss the latest advancements in video quality measurement, VVC adoption trends, and Synamedia’s commitment to open-source contributions. You can watch the interview on YouTube here, embedded below. Some of Jan’s comments are edited slightly for readability. Synamedia’s Role in Video Solutions Synamedia is a global provider of …
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22 February
Interview with Andrew Frost of MulticoreWare at Mile High Video 2025
At Mile High Video 2025, I sat down with Andrew Frost, Business Development Manager at MulticoreWare, to discuss the latest developments in open-source codecs, AI-based video enhancement, and industry adoption trends. You can watch the interview on YouTube here and it’s embedded below. Some of Andrew’s comments are edited slightly for readability. MulticoreWare’s Expertise in Open-Source Codecs MulticoreWare is widely …
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22 February
Interview with Thierry Fautier at Mile High Video 2025
At Mile High Video 2025, I sat down with Thierry Fautier, a well-known video industry consultant and former executive at Harmonic. Thierry is widely recognized for his deep technical expertise and strategic insights into video standards and codec development. Since leaving Harmonic, he’s been working as an independent consultant, helping CEOs optimize their teams and navigate the rapidly evolving video …
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21 February
Ultra-Low Latency Video Control – An Interview with Jean-Baptiste Kempf of Kyber
At Mile High Video 2025, I sat down with Jean-Baptiste Kempf (JB), founder of Kyber and lead developer of VLC, to discuss his latest innovations in ultra-low latency video control. JB is well-known in the open-source community for his work on VLC Player and FFmpeg, and now, with Kyber, he’s pushing the boundaries of real-time machine control. You can watch …
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21 February
Mile High Video 2025: Adeia Talks Tiling and L4S Innovations
At Mile High Video 2025, I spoke with Adeia VP of Advanced R&D Chris Phillips about Adeia’s latest advancements in video optimization and ultra-low latency streaming solutions. It was an interesting chat, which finds Adeia at the forefront of developing technologies that improve video quality and reduce latency—key challenges for cloud gaming and real-time streaming. You can watch the interview on …
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21 February
Super Resolution and Content Adaptive Encoding: A Conversation with Sharon Carmel, CEO of Beamr
Jan Ozer recently caught up with Beamr’s Sharon Carmel at Mile High Video 2025. The two talked about Beamr’s latest advancements in real-time content-adaptive bitrate (CABR) optimization, super-resolution technology, and codec modernization. They also discussed Beamr’s collaboration with NVIDIA and how AI is shaping the future of video streaming. You can watch the interview on YouTube here, and it’s embedded …
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13 February
Deep Render AI Codec Running in FFmpeg and VLC
AI-based video compression has been discussed in research for years, but practical implementations are virtually nonexistent. In a recent conversation with Arsalan Zafar, CTO and co-founder of Deep Render, and Sebastjan Cizel, Head of Engineering, we explored the real-world performance of Deep Render’s AI codec real-world encoding and decoding performance, how its quality compares to HEVC, AV1, and VP9, and …
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12 February
Tesla Rolls Back YouTube from AV1 to VP9 to Improve QoE—Another in a Series of Cautionary Tales
When my daughter owned a Tesla during her college years, one thing I never thought to do was play YouTube videos on the LCD panel. It turns out that was a good call—if I had tried to stream AV1 content, playback performance likely would have been choppy and disappointing. Why bring this up? Tesla recently announced that it was rolling …
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10 February
Deep Render AI Codec: Faster, Smarter, and Ready for Prime Time?
I recently interviewed Chri Besenbruch, CEO of Deep Render, to discuss their end-to-end AI codec technology. Unlike traditional codecs like HEVC, VVC, and VP9, Deep Render’s AI codec shifts the entire encoding/decoding process to neural networks, promising faster performance and improved efficiency. The YouTube video of our talk is embedded below. Key Takeaways: • Fast Encoding & Decoding: Comparable to …
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