Among the announcements made at today’s Google I/O keynote is WebM, a new open-source, royalty-free video format based around the VP8 codec intended for use with HTML5 video. The WebM project’s goal ...

Spongecell, a provider of programmatic creative technology, on Tuesday announced the release of a new HTML5-based video format that’s designed to help advertisers work with personalized, data-driven ...

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The native video support in HTML5, which includes MP4, WebM and Ogg. See H.264, WebM, Ogg Theora, Ogg Vorbis and HTML5. HTML5 VIDEO FORMATS Video Audio Format Codec Codec MP4 H.264 AAC WebM ...

The number of videos on the Web that are now compatible with HTML5 has shot up to 63 percent from just 10 percent a year ago, according to video sharing site Mefeedia. Lance Whitney Contributing ...

The fight for dominant video/audio format -- reminiscent of the old Betamax/VHS conflict -- turns nasty as HTML5 gains traction When I last talked about the Battle of the Video Format Titans — the ...

Microsoft has released an HTML5 video-player extension for the Chrome browser to counteract Google’s decision to drop support for the most widely used HTML5 video format. Conversely, Microsoft has ...

Netflix has announced plans to adopt the emerging HTML5 video format in place of Silverlight. The subscription service has been exploring new plugins since Microsoft confirmed that it would end ...

Amazon has announced an update to the Kindle file format integrating many HTML5 tags and CSS attributes. Many expected a concession by Amazon in the form of an EPUB-compatible upgrade, and this comes ...

The main object of HTML5 specification is to transfer playback of multimedia video and audio to the browser itself without installing additional plug-ins. However, browser developers cannot decide on ...

This article appears in the February/March 2012 issue of Streaming Media magazine, the annual Streaming Media Industry Sourcebook. When I was 6 years old, I had metal-capped front teeth, a lazy eye, ...