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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Google this week added support for HTML5 playback of videos in its own Chrome browser as well as Safari from Apple. The new feature allows users to watch video without the longstanding Internet ...

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 ...

A new video from the Japanese band Sour makes use of both HTML5 and Flash to take you on a unique musical journey. The video, ties in with your social network accounts to make you part of the video as ...

The name Brightcove may not be familiar to you, but the company provides Web-based streaming video for a number of high-value clients, such as The New York Times, Time, Condé Nast, The Weather Channel ...

Chrome: I never really got why people like watching sped-up videos until I got a fun Tech 911 question asking about just that. Then I tried it out, and I understand it perfectly now; what you lose in ...

I recently pushed out a change that will use the iframe style embedding for YouTube videos. So it should use the HTML5 video if you have opted into YouTube's HTML5 trial. This will only be used for ...