Date: 06/01/2009

Intel and Adobe collaborate to enable TV for watching internet/web video

Adobe Systems Incorporated and Intel Corporation have announced plans to collaborate on the development to port and optimize Adobe Flash technology for the Intel Media Processor CE 3100. This effort is expected to provide consumers with richer and more seamless Web-based and video viewing experiences through advanced Intel-based cable set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, digital TVs and retail connected AV devices.

Intel and Adobe are working together to optimize both the Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Flash Lite for the CE3100. Intel plans to ship the first CE3100 with support for an optimized implementation of Adobe Flash Lite before mid-2009.

The convergence trend of connecting to Internet through any video display system at home or hand will trigger more technology partnerships to strategically position the companies to capture the market. This is more of TV becoming a you-tube appliance.