Press Releases

Facebook’s Board-Level Position Reflects the Organization’s Commitment to Pave the Way for Royalty-Free, High-Resolution, Internet Video Experiences

WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – Nov. 13, 2017 – The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) announced today that Facebook has joined the Alliance as a Founding Member, the highest level of the organization, and will have a seat on the board of directors. Facebook joins board members Amazon, ARM, Cisco, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla, Netflix and NVIDIA in pledging its support to accelerate development and facilitate the friction-free adoption of the AOMedia Video codec, AV1.

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AMD, ARM and NVIDIA join as key contributors to enable next-generation media experiences in hardware using AOMedia Video

WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – April 5, 2016 – The Alliance for Open Media is pleased to announce that AMD, ARM and NVIDIA have joined the consortium in pursuit of an open and royalty-free AOMedia Video codec. The Alliance is also announcing public availability of its AOMedia Video source code as an open source project, and is welcoming contribution from the broader developer community.

New members and new participation level

Market-leading IP provider ARM and semiconductor companies AMD and NVIDIA have joined the […]