Adobe to install its Flash player on more set-top boxes and mobile devices
Adobe has announced its plans to try and get its Flash player installed on a greater number of set-top boxes and mobile devices. Termed Open Screen, the new initiative by Adobe lifts restrictions on how the firm’s multimedia handling software can be utilised.
Adobe will stop levying licensing fees for its mobile versions of Flash and also plans to publish information about the (inner) workings of the code. In taking this bold step Adobe hopes to repeat the success of its web based Flash technology on mobiles. According to Adobe estimates, its Flash player is installed on over 98 per cent of net-connected desktop computers.
Its Open Screen plan incorporates a strategy to build on Flash Lite – the version Adobe multimedia player specially designed for mobile gadgets, which is already installed on millions of handhelds. The Open Screen aims at making it much easier for TV / film makers to push their content on mobile platforms and also on other devices like set-top boxes. It aims to achieve this by creating a flexible player technology, which can smoothly run on any small-form device, only demanding that developers write code just once for it.
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