Will HEVC Reduce Bandwidth Consumption?
Video consumes a tremendous amount of Internet bandwidth—some reports indicate that Netflix alone consumes 28% of all bandwidth in the U.S. (“Report: Netflix hogs 32 percent of peak Internet bandwidth”). A new video compression technology, HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) could reduce the burden that video places on bandwidth, however. This technology could reduce usage by half, if Ericsson’s claims are to be believed (“New video compression tech will cut bandwidth use in half, Ericsson says”
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