Adobe Systems announced the Open Screen
Project, supported by a group of industry leaders, including ARM,
Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco, Intel, LG Electronics Inc., Marvell, Motorola,
Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics Co., Sony Ericsson,
Toshiba and Verizon Wireless.
The project is dedicated to driving rich
Internet experiences across televisions, personal computers, mobile
devices, and consumer electronics. Also supporting the Open Screen
Project are leading content providers, including BBC, MTV Networks, and
NBC Universal, who want to reliably deliver rich Web and video
experiences live and on-demand across a variety of devices.
The Open Screen Project is working to enable a consistent runtime
environment — taking advantage of Adobe Flash
Player and, in the future, Adobe AIR — that
will remove barriers for developers and designers as they publish
content and applications across desktops and devices, including phones,
mobile Internet devices (MIDs), and set top boxes. Adobe iwill remove all license restrictions on swift file format and FLV/F4V specifications, and remove all license fees on embedded players.
The Open Screen
Project will address potential technology fragmentation by enabling the
runtime technology to be updated seamlessly over the air on mobile
devices. The consistent runtime environment is intended to provide
optimal performance across a variety of operating systems and devices,
and ultimately provide the best experience to consumers.
For more information about the Open Screen Project, visit the website at www.adobe.com/go/openscreenproject.