News Summary:
On April 28, 2026, Backblaze convened Qencode and Sardius Media to address multi-cloud stability for streaming platforms, unveiling strategies for resilient multi-cloud architectures to prevent service disruptions. Previously, on March 12, 2026, Qencode partnered with Wasabi to provide high-performance encoding with predictable cloud storage, a solution for the rapidly growing data storage needs as video libraries move to 4K, 8K, and VR formats. Earlier, on February 24, 2026, Qencode joined the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) at the Promoter level. The company contributes its video technology knowledge to the Video Codec Working Group, responsible for AV1 and AV2 advancements, strengthening its commitment to open standards and simplifying codec adoption. This followed Qencode's January 12, 2026, update to its AV1 offering, designed to improve the economics and device support for the codec, making its compression gains more widely deployable across platforms.
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