AIR Apps beschikbaar op Samsung SmartTV’s en binnenkort op digital home devices van LG, TiVo en andere leveranciers; Flash Player 11 en AIR 3 vanaf nu beschikbaar

 

Diegem, 5 oktober 2011 – Diegem, 5 oktober 2011 – Tijdens MAX 2011 heeft Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) aangekondigd dat LG en TiVo de nieuwste partners zijn die Adobe AIR-applicaties aanbieden op met internet verbonden tv’s en digitale thuisapparatuur. Contentpartners profiteren vanaf nu van AIR voor de levering van games in consolekwaliteit, premium video en verfijnde data-applicaties op tv’s, Blu-ray-spelers en set-top boxes. Adobe kondigt verder de beschikbaarheid aan van Flash Player 11 en AIR 3. Deze mijlpaalrelease luidt een nieuwe generatie in van applicatie-ervaringen op apparaten en platforms.

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Adobe Advances App Experiences For TVs

AIR Apps available on Samsung SmartTVs, coming to Digital Home Devices From LG, TiVo and Others; Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 available today

SAN JOSE, Calif. and LOS ANGELES — Oct. 5, 2011 — At its MAX 2011 technology conference, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced that LG and TiVo have become the latest partners to bring Adobe® AIR® applications to connected TVs and digital home devices. Content partners can now take advantage of AIR to deliver console-quality gaming, premium video and sophisticated, data-driven applications across TVs, Blu-Ray players and set-top boxes.

Adobe also announced the availability of Flash Player 11 and AIR 3, a milestone release that will enable the next generation of immersive application experiences across devices and platforms.

With more than 100 unique digital home devices already certified to support Adobe Flash and AIR, including Samsung Smart TVs, Adobe expects rapid growth for AIR applications across connected televisions and other devices. New gaming apps like Frima Studio’s Zombie Tycoon, VH1’s ‘I Love the 80’s’ Trivia or Raider from Playjam, as well as premium video experiences from SnagFilms, Flingo, EPIX and others are just a few of the applications that are enabled by AIR.

“TVs and other connected devices in the digital living room are the next frontier for rich application experiences,” said Danny Winokur, vice president and general manager, Platform at Adobe. “AIR applications are starting to transform content consumption on TVs while developers embrace new opportunities to deliver beautiful HD content to these larger, increasingly powerful device screens.”

With the AIR SDK, Flash Builder® and Flash Professional CS5 software, developers can build new applications for connected digital home devices or extend existing AIR applications from desktops and mobile devices to TVs. AIR 3 brings a series of advancements to TVs including full hardware-accelerated rendering for 2D and 3D graphics to help enable console-quality gaming applications. Content publishers are able to deliver HD videos with Dolby and DTS 7.1 channel surround sound for full support of home theater systems. With the new Game Input API, developers can also make a range of devices including joysticks, smartphones and tablets an integral part of the gaming experience on TV screens.

With these new capabilities, consumer electronics and content companies are embracing Adobe AIR technology.  

“We are excited to be the first TV maker to support Adobe AIR on our Smart TVs bringing rich, AIR applications to millions of customers today,” said Kyungsik Kevin Lee, vice president of Visual Display Business, Samsung Electronics. “With the dramatic advancements in AIR 3, Adobe continues to push the envelope with innovative new features that will enable powerful 3D gaming apps and other next generation app experiences on televisions soon.”

 

“LG is working closely with Adobe to bring AIR applications with AIR to LG Smart TVs in 2012,” said Youngjae Seo, vice president, Smart TV Team at LG. “We can’t wait to see what kind of application experiences three million Flash developers will bring to our customers with AIR 3.”

 

“The availability of AIR will give us the tools to deliver better functionality, more features and a rich, seamless experience that our users expect from TiVo products,” said Jim Denney, vice president and general manager of Product Marketing at TiVo. “We look forward to the development of a rich ecosystem of multi-platform applications to make the TV experience even better.”

 

“One of our core brand values is to provide the best possible viewing experience for our users,” said Emil Rensing, chief digital officer, EPIX. “Adobe AIR helps us deliver high definition video and richer, more immersive cinema-like experiences to our customers on a wide range of screens that can be viewed anywhere, anytime—on desktop, mobile, and TV. Adobe solutions continue to help us bring product innovation to market faster without sacrificing video quality for our customers.”

 

“The number of Digital Home devices in the market is exploding and we are happy to see that we can continuously rely on Adobe to support them,” said Steve Couture, CEO of Frima Studio. “Adobe AIR allows us to easily publish games and applications to a wide range of digital home platforms. We are excited about future possibilities for games like Zombie Tycoon by bringing them to TVs—furthering the excitement of those games and introducing them to new audiences. As a third party and multi-platform developer, this means new revenue opportunities for us and our partners.”

 

“PlayJam has always been a pioneer in interactive TV games and will continue to push the limits of social and casual gaming with AIR 3 including Stage 3D,” said Stuart Walsh, COO at PlayJam. “With the near ubiquitous adoption of Flash technology by connected TV manufacturers, we believe that Flash enabled TV’s will further fuel the global casual games community and provide a solid revenue channel for PlayJam and content partners like Slingo and Relentless.”

 

“We are pleased to bring the ‘I Love the 80’s’ trivia app to connected TVs with AIR,” said Kristin Frank, general manager of MTV and VH1 Digital. “The rich content and vibrant colors bring the 80’s back to life and provides our audience another screen to celebrate the decade.”

 

Available today, Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 enable the next generation of immersive application experiences across devices and platforms including Android, Apple iOS (via AIR), BlackBerry® Tablet OS, Mac OS, Windows®, connected TVs and other platforms. Dozens of new features in Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 allow developers to deliver a new class of gaming and premium video experiences, as well as sophisticated, data-driven applications with back-end systems integration across devices, including the iPhone and iPad via AIR. For more information and where to download the runtimes, visit http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ and http://get.adobe.com/air/.

Flash Player is supported on more than 98 percent of Internet connected PCs today and by the end of 2011, Adobe expects more than 200 million smartphones and tablets including Apple iOS devices to support Flash based applications via Adobe AIR. By the end of 2015, the number of devices that will support Adobe AIR is expected to increase to 1 billion. Adobe AIR, a superset of Flash Player, enables developers to leverage existing code to create and deliver standalone applications across devices and platforms. Thousands of Flash based applications have already been created and made available on Android Market, iTunes App Store, Samsung SmartTV Store and BlackBerry AppWorld™ today.

 

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