New coding standard could reduce data use for video streaming by 50%

A new video coding standard called VVC could cut data use for videos in half, and works with all resolutions from SD to 8K. — Reuters

A new video coding standard offering improved data compression has been released, which could halve the data needed to transmit videos.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, which researched the H.266/Versatile Video Coding (VVC), said in a report that it reduced data requirements by around 50% relative to the previous standard H.265/High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC).