Presently, the ATSC broadcast standards used in North America and South Korea, as well as DVB-T used in Australia, India, and throughout most of Europe and Africa utilize MPEG-2 encoding for over-the-air broadcasts. MPEG-2 is also used in the DVD-Video standard, which persists despite the rise of streaming video services. While newer AV codecs such as H.264 and HEVC–as well as royalty-free codecs such as VP8–have begun to supplant MPEG-2, backward compatibility with hardware and software, as well as low processing overhead have made MPEG-2 an enduringly popular option in 2018. The final patent in the United States which covered the MPEG-2 video codec, #7,334,248, expired on February 13, 2018. MPEG-2 is still used in over-the-air broadcasts in most of the world, and is popular in live TV production for low processing overhead. The last patent for the MPEG-2 video codec expired, making it possible to distribute software and sell hardware without paying license fees for MPEG-2 content.Building a slide deck, pitch, or presentation? Here are the big takeaways:
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