Update: V-Nova itself was not the source of this story, and the company therefore did not break any confidentiality agreements. V-Nova added comments on the matter from NAB 2025 after our leak was revealed, which were stitched into this piece. V-Nova has withdrawn from MPEG’s multilayer testing of LCEVC, claiming sabotage, favoritism, and institutional chaos inside the standards body. It’s a dramatic escalation that could signal the end of V-Nova’s long campaign to gain validation for LCEVC from MPEG—and, more broadly, could be another nail in the coffin for MPEG’s own credibility. The UK-based compression specialist has accused MPEG of forcing the LCEVC enhancement codec to operate under artificially constrained and outdated test conditions. Faultline has been made aware that…