Towards better 360 video quality: "tile" encoding

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Published on May 29, 2017

France Télévisions has been exploring the possibilities offered by new immersive media for several years, with a major live premiere offered to the public in 2015 and an improvement in quality in 2016. This new type of media unveils many challenges, both artistic and editorial as well as purely technical.

Written by Cédric de Saint Martin - Ingénieur Innovations

Published on May 29, 2017

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