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Access Advance LLC, the leading HEVC patent pool administrator, today announced a significant expansion of the HEVC Advance Patent Pool, with 28 companies executing licenses in the first half of 2026.

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QCY has introduced a new pair of wireless earbuds in China, the Melobuds N65. These are priced at 259 yuan ($38) on JD.com ...

Access Advance LLC today announced that Sharp, M&K Holdings, Tagivan and 9 other patent owners who own substantial video codec patent portfolios that cover the core technologies behind video decoding, ...

Access Advance LLC today announced significant additions to the VVC Advance Patent Pool, including Samsung Electronics and Sharp Corporation joining as both Licensors and Licensees. The additions ...

Could pure AI encoding reinvent compression and make traditional codecs obsolete? Monica Heck examines what the future might ...

Access Advance LLC today announced that Meta Platforms, Inc., one of the world's largest distributors of video content across its Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp services, has joined the ...

Access Advance LLC and Alibaba Group today announced that Alibaba has joined the Access Advance Video Distribution Patent Pool (VDP Pool) as a Licensee, securing a license to the pool's comprehensive ...

We've waited a while, but we've finally got new earbuds that use Wi-Fi for audio transmission. But they don't use Qualcomm's ...

Let's face it: hearing your favorite song in the highest-quality audio is awesome. Hearing every crash of a cymbal or strum of a guitar can really sweeten an experience, and Apple Music can be a good ...

Google's Pixel smartphones support the LHDC Bluetooth audio codec with the Android 17 update. Here's everything you need to ...