The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced that one of its technical study groups has given first-stage approval to the H.265 (ISO/IEC 23008-2) High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) video compression standard.
Rovi Corporation announced a new program to help spur the development of products that take advantage of the forthcoming High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC).
Motorola Mobility announced ten new IP and cable Set-Top Boxes (STBs) at IBC2012.
Rovi Corporation announced its new MainConcept codec SDK for the soon-to-be ratified H.265 High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC).
MPEG LA, LLC announced a call for patents essential to the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard (also known as H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2), which is expected to be used in next generation mobile and Ultra High Definition TV (UHDTV) video systems.