If this year’s CES is any indication, the crossover of content available via the Internet and TV is getting more interesting.
Broadcom and Adobe announced plans yesterday to integrate Adobe’s Flash multimedia platform into Broadcom’s latest digital television and set-top box system-on-a-chip platforms. Adobe’s Flash is currently used for leading Internet TV sites such as Hulu and Google’s YouTube.
Adobe made a similar announcement this week regarding an agreement with Intel. The chip giant plans to embed the Flash player into its media-processor chip.
Broadcom also announced that its set-top box system-on-a-chip is being used in 2Wire’s MediaPoint digital media player, the same player Blockbuster publicized last November it would sell as part of its Internet-based on-demand service.
Meanwhile, ActiveVideo Networks has signed a deal with blip.tv to stream traditional TV programming and Web-based content to digital set-top boxes and Web-connected CE devices.
We’ll report more this week on Internet-enabled televisions (including some interesting agreements between Yahoo! and some major CE manufacturers).
Where to see it:
- Broadcom Corporation, South 4 35679MP
- Adobe, North 6716MP
- ActiveVideo Networks, Renaissance 8