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[^3]\n\nVLC reached 6 billion downloads in January 2025, and the 7 billion milestone came about 18 months later. [^4]\n\nThe price reduction represents a 60% discount relative to the recommended retail price. [^5]\n\nA Gauge report from Nielsen indicates that streaming viewership has surpassed traditional broadcast and cable television combined. [^6]\n\nThe AI Session Interpreter automatically monitors viewer sessions and generates actionable insights to help support teams analyze quality of experience data more efficiently. [^7]\n\nThe AI Session Interpreter sends session telemetry to the Mistral 7B model, which returns a structured, plain-language summary explaining issues and steps to improve performance. [^8]\n\nJean-Baptiste Kempf said VideoLAN is working on supporting all other platforms and codecs. [^9]\n\nJean-Baptiste Kempf said VLC is preparing for the VLC 4 release, but development is taking time. [^10]\n\nThe Fire TV Stick 4K Select supports 4K Ultra HD playback with HDR10+. 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