Before you watch video files or distribute them to be watched on mobile devices, it is always a good idea to check the format that they’re in. It is a simple step, yet it can help to ensure that the ...

Almost a year after Google announced its open-source, royalty-free WebM video format, YouTube began transcoding newly uploaded videos into the format. YouTube says the majority of its most viewed ...

Netflix is also running tests of a vertical video feed on mobile devices to surface short clips from original titles in a swipeable format.

Rolling news channel BFMTV, part of converged media and telecoms group Altice, has launched ‘Live Vertical’, a new smartphone user experience, which it claims is a world first. Developed in ...

Mozilla Foundation is considering adding support for the H.264 video codec in mobile versions of the Firefox browser, a move it has avoided up to now because H.264 is encumbered by patents. Mozilla’s ...

The launch represents another endeavor to enhance CNN’s digital experience as audiences turn away from traditional television and seek news in other formats.

On the heels of a major redesign of its desktop site which delivered an overall cleaner look-and-feel and a “dark mode” for nighttime watching, YouTube this week announced it will soon roll out an ...