At IBC, InterDigital to Showcase VVC Multilayer Coding Powering High-Quality Video Streaming
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InterDigital (Nasdaq: IDCC) will showcase its latest video codec innovations at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam from September 11–14, 2026. The company will collaborate with NHK and Media Coding Industry Forum (MC-IF) members to demonstrate enhancements to the Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard.
InterDigital and NHK will present two aspects of the VVC Multilayer Main 10 profile: content overlay and spatial/quality scalability, powered by a VVC multilayer software decoder. The demonstrations will show personalized content options, including captions and sign language overlays, and highlight how VVC enhancement layers can improve quality and efficiency for broadcast and streaming applications. These efforts align with the VVC multilayer coding verification test published in April 2026. InterDigital’s demonstrations will be featured at the MC-IF booth in Hall 2.B13.
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| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
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| Aug 19 | Conference presentation | Positive | +2.7% | Scheduled presentation at the 2026 Midwest IDEAS Conference received a positive 24-hour reaction. |
| Jul 30 | Second-quarter earnings | Positive | +16.2% | Raised full-year 2026 revenue and diluted EPS guidance alongside quarterly results. |
| Jul 23 | Patent injunction | Positive | -1.2% | Unified Patent Court awarded another Disney injunction covering 11 EU countries. |
| Jul 22 | Innovation documentary | Positive | -2.0% | Released documentary highlighting wireless, video and AI technology development. |
| Jul 21 | License agreement | Positive | +2.4% | Signed a global patent license agreement with KEBA covering EV charger products. |
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Positive reactions followed the recent presentation, earnings and licensing announcements, while two technology-focused updates had negative reactions.
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InterDigital and NHK, MC-IF to demonstrate streaming excellence with VVC enhancements
WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDCC), a wireless, video and AI technology research and development company, will showcase state-of-the-art video codec innovation at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), taking place in Amsterdam from September 11 – 14, 2026. InterDigital will demonstrate at IBC alongside NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan’s sole public service media organization, and Media Coding Industry Forum (MC-IF) partners, spotlighting enhancements to the Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard to deliver premium, high-quality streaming experiences.
VVC Multilayer Coding
At IBC 2026, InterDigital and NHK will demonstrate two aspects of the VVC Multilayer Main 10 profile, specifically content overlay and spatial/quality scalability. The demonstration is powered by a VVC multilayer software decoder.
The content layering approach demonstrated by NHK shows content personalisation enabled by VVC multilayer and MPEG-H 3D audio coding, highlighting the technology’s ability to switch video and audio in a coordinated manner to empower richer user experiences. By reframing the base layer and overlaying additional content, like captions or sign language translations, in an enhancement layer, users can choose between viewing the base or a selected enhanced experience. The contributions to scalability made by InterDigital demonstrate how a VVC enhancement layer can deliver significant improvements in quality in broadcast and streaming applications, offering greater efficiency than independent encoding.
This joint demonstration is aligned with the VVC multilayer coding verification test, published in April 2026, as MPEG document AG 5 N208. Read the document here.
Learn more about NHK here.
Experience Streaming Excellence at the MC-IF booth
At the MC-IF booth in Hall 2.B13, MC-IF members including InterDigital, in collaboration with NHK, will demonstrate new features and capabilities of VVC. Together, MC-IF members will highlight how the industry is embracing VVC as the foundation for next-generation video delivery at scale, as the codec moves from development and early ecosystem experimentation to commercial deployment at national scale in countries like Brazil.
To register and learn more about IBC, please click here.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital is a global research and development company focused primarily on wireless, video, artificial intelligence (“AI”), and related technologies. We design and develop foundational technologies that enable connected, immersive experiences in a broad range of communications and entertainment products and services. We license our innovations worldwide to companies providing such products and services, including makers of wireless communications devices, consumer electronics, IoT devices, cars and other motor vehicles, and providers of cloud-based services such as video streaming. As a leader in wireless technology, our engineers have designed and developed a wide range of innovations that are used in wireless products and networks, from the earliest digital cellular systems to 5G and today’s most advanced Wi-Fi technologies. We are also a leader in video processing and video encoding/decoding technology, with a significant AI research effort that intersects with both wireless and video technologies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on Nasdaq.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
InterDigital Contact:
Roya Stephens
Email: roya.stephens@interdigital.com
+1 (202) 349-1714
