The IBC tradeshow takes place in Amsterdam and pulls a crowd of over 50,000 people. Focused on broadcasting, pay TV, and now OTT video services, it plays host to a raft of technology demonstrations. For Wireless Watch, a trio of mobile-centric video compression demos caught our eye, after the dust had settled. As so much mobile traffic is video-based, and as 5G networks create new sources of upstream traffic, from devices being used to live stream, or participate in new video services and user experiences, MNOs need to be up to speed on the future trends. More importantly, they need to be able to sniff out when a vendor is trying to pull the wool over their eyes. Typically, each…