The dust has just about settled from the 2025 edition of NAB! As always, it was fantastic to see all of our customers, partners, and industry friends in Las Vegas once again and get a real sense of the trends that will shape the media and entertainment technology industry in the coming months. There’s no denying the last couple of years have been…
Bitmovin’s Observability provides valuable insights that can take the performance and efficiency of your video streaming workflow to new levels. By leveraging Observability, you can optimize encoding profiles, improve player performance, gain deeper understanding of audience behavior, and ultimately, deliver a superior viewing experience while managing costs effectively. This blog post will explore seven…
There was a time when all you needed to build the best streaming experience was to create quality content and have a fast internet connection. However, with the explosion of over-the-top (OTT) platforms, the available options and viewers’ preferences have changed. This has caused an unprecedented segmentation of the OTT industry, as the needs…
The world of video technology is constantly evolving, and one of the more interesting developments in recent years is the story of MV-HEVC (Multiview High Efficiency Video Coding). Even though it was added to the HEVC specification in 2014, MV-HEVC didn’t see much commercial use for almost a decade. That changed when Apple launched the…
Introduction Bitmovin’s VOD Encoder is known for its quality, speed, and cloud-native ability to scale quickly and resiliently. Advanced features like split-and-stitch encoding with Smart Chunking, Per-Title and 3-Pass encoding set it apart from other encoders on the market, in terms of both visual quality and bitrate efficiency. For our customers, it means lower costs…
In a rapidly evolving media landscape, the importance of collaboration has never been clearer. At Bitmovin, we have long championed the belief that the best solutions emerge when industry leaders join forces. Our recent NAB 2024 showcase underscored this belief, and as we approach IBC 2024 in Amsterdam, we are excited to highlight how our…
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference is an annual event used to showcase new software and technologies in the Apple ecosystem. It was created with developers in mind, but sometimes new hardware and devices are announced and its keynote presentations have become must-see events for a much wider audience. There is also usually news about changes and…
This post covers some recent updates, focusing on the new Firefox AV1 support in Encrypted Media Extensions. Bitmovin has been supporting and advocating for use of the AV1 codec for several years, even though there have been gaps in playback support preventing adoption for some workflows. Slowly but surely, those gaps are being filled and the…
In this updated 2024 guide, we break down AV1 compatibility across every major browser, mobile OS, smart TV platform, and streaming stick, including the latest from Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro, M3 Macs, and the new M4 iPad Pro. Find out which platforms are truly production-ready and which still have catching up to do.
What is RDK? RDK stands for Reference Design Kit. It’s an open source software bundle for video, broadband and IoT devices. It’s commonly used in consumer devices which include video streaming apps, for example, set top boxes and is a popular development platform for service providers in the cable, satellite and OTT industries. What is…
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