April 14th, 2008Adobe Does TV
Adobe has been on quite a roll lately. First Adobe launched a free, web version of Photoshop and now a video portal, imaginatively named Adobe TV. At the moment there are a few training and demo videos on the website. But it has potential to host a whole lot of different media content. At the moment all the videos are classified in to 4 broad categories of Photographers, Designers, Video Professionals, Developers and Programs.
Adobe TV is based on Air platform which is a promising technology quickly rising through the ranks with significant backing from Adobe. In a page from YouTube Adobe allows videos to be embeded. The videos can also be linked to directly. TechCrunch has covered Adobe TV in more details and names a few of the partners. “Companies that are offering content for the player include CBS, MTV Networks, Universal Music Group, PBS, CondéNet, and Scripps Networks. Adobe Media Player offers playback of streamed, downloaded or locally-stored video in Adobe Flash and can be viewed in 1080p, 720p or 480i resolutions. iTunes style the player allows users to subscribe to television shows and other content and automatically receive new episodes when they are available.”
