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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

You've been hearing a lot about HTML5 video, but you're probably unclear about some of the details. Don't worry, we've got you covered. We spoke to Jeff Whatcott, senior vice president of global ...

Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from the Geek Tech blog at PCWorld.com. Among the announcements made at Wednesday’s Google I/O keynote is WebM, a new open-source, royalty-free video ...

The HTML 5 video element has the potential to liberate streaming Internet video from plugin prison, but a debate over which codec to define in the standard is threatening to derail the effort. Ars ...

The wait is over. Wikipedia now widely supports HTML 5 video content on its millions of entries with the launch of its TimeMediaHandler, soon with support for mobile. Wikimedia has been working on ...

Netflix engineers have revealed that they have been working with Microsoft to implement HTML5 video. They said in a blog: “We’ve previously discussed our plans to use HTML5 video with the proposed ...

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 ...