Google's video codec has significant support, but building it into the standard language for Web pages would advance its fortunes significantly. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

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, ...

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 ...

Another chapter in the “what will HTML5 support” soap opera opened last week with rumors that Google will open source the VP8 video codec. Many outlets were reporting that VP8 is the video codec that ...

YouTube has offered HTML5 functionality for many years now, so it seems overdue for the company to finally make this the standard platform. You can read the full details of YouTube’s HTML5 benefits ...

A site called Vid.ly this week is debuting its answer to the emerging battle between Google, Microsoft and others over the future of HTML5 video standards. Vid.ly represents an end run around the ...

"When we talk about HTML5, we're talking about mobile devices," said Ashraf AlKarmi, head of product management for Brightcove at the recent HTML5 Video Summit in Los Angeles. While HTML5 has been ...