For the past several years, AV1 has been generating real excitement in the WebRTC and real-time communications space. Better compression, no licensing fees, and backing from the biggest names in tech made it look like the codec the industry had been waiting for. Then, on March 23,
September 1st marked what might be the beginning of the end for a licensing nightmare which has been hindering the real-time and media streaming industries alike for quite a while now. Before we take a look at the announcement I’m alluding to here, let’s break down a
