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Apple joins consortium to help with more efficient video compression tech called AV1

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/apple-tv-4k-movies1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500)</div><p>Apple has joined the Alliance for Open Media, a technology consortium that is working on a new industry standard, high-efficiency video codec called AV1.</p>
<p>The group includes Amazon, Google, Facebook, Netflix, Hulu, Intel, and many others. Apple was quietly added to the website’s homepage (http://aomedia.org) today, and is even considered a founding member (via CNET (https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-online-video-compression-av1/)). Here’s how the consortium describes its goal:</p>
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