Time for TV: Adobe Flash comes to the home.Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Inc. announced that it will be bringing its popular Flash technology beyond computer screens to Internet-connected televisions, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and other home entertainment devices. "We are looking forward to working with partners to create these new experiences and deliver content consistently across devices whether consumers view it on their desktop, mobile phone or television," said David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president, Platform Business Unit at Adobe. Adobe says that it will "dramatically change the way we view content on televisions." Some companies already raised their support for the optimized Flash technology for digital home devices, including Broadcom, Comcast, Intel, Netflix, The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Company, and Disney. "Disney shares Adobe's vision of extending HD video and rich, engaging experiences across multiple screens," said Bud Albers, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. and executive vice president at Disney Interactive Media Group. "We are excited about the opportunities of Flash based Refers to devices that use flash memory for storage such as digital music players and digital cameras. Contrast with disk based. See flash memory and USB drive. applications and services coming to televisions." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Adobe, Flash technology to the digital home builds is a vision of the Open Screen Project, a broad industry initiative to deliver a consistent runtime environment A configuration of hardware and software. It includes the CPU type, operating system and any runtime engines or system software required by a particular category of applications. See runtime engine. across devices that was announced in May 2008. For more information, visit www.openscreenproject.org The company expects to release the first Flash-enabled devices in the second half of 2009 |
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