Adobe Flash platform for HDTVs & connected devices on display at NAB [EngadgetHD]
Adobe Flash, the platform that many web sites use to power applications like streaming video, is coming soon to a television screen near you. Adobe and a list of partners that include Comcast announced that the Flash platform is being readied to run on a variety of broadband connected home theater components including HDTVs, Blu-ray players and set-top boxes. Adobe looks to bring the media-rich applications that Flash has become known for on the web to a variety of devices.
With the advent of broadband connected televisions, Flash has the potential to provide users with widgetized applications like news and weather directly from the TV screen. Some of the partners in the Adobe announcement are content providers, like the New York Times Company and Disney Interactive, which could provide content for Flash applications on the TV. With cable operators working to bring interactivity to the television screen via the tru2way standard, it will be interesting to watch a software developer's attempt to create TV interactivity by porting a popular computer platform to the television.
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