At the Intel Developer Forum, Intel Corporation executives Eric Kim and Justin Rattner discussed what is needed when the full Internet converges with broadcast networks, laying out the opportunities to make the TV experience more visual, more personal and more interactive.
As the senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s Digital Home Group, Eric Kim unveiled the Intel Atom processor CE4100 SoC, the newest in a family of consumer electronics (CE) media processors, and announced efforts with several key industry players including Adobe, CBS, Cisco and TransGaming which are helping to make the vision of interactive TV a reality in the short-term.
“At the center of the TV evolution is more processing power, which we deliver with the CE4100 media processor, built on the Intel Atom core and optimized for IPTV digital set-tops, connected media players and digital TVs,” said Kim. “With its performance and high-resolution graphics capabilities, CE manufacturers and software developers now have a platform for real innovation.”
“By the year 2015, you can expect 15 billion consumer devices capable of delivering TV content with billions of hours of video available,” said Rattner. “We’ll need much more sophisticated ways to organize content and provide it on demand. Intel Labs researchers are working on evolving technology so people can get the TV content they want, when they want it and wherever they want it.”
Kim disclosed that Intel and Adobe Systems are working together to port Adobe Flash Player 10, a key tool for content developers, to the new family of SoC media processors. This will result in future CE devices that are optimized for playback of graphics and H.264 video to enable for the first time a wide array of Flash Player 10-based applications on the television.
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In a surprising announcement today, Bsquare has said they will be porting Flash Lite 3 to Android phones by the “late Q3,” eliminating the need for users to wait for the official Flash 10 port which still does not have a release date.
Bsquare vice president of global sales Larry Stapleton added that the browser plug-in should be available for current Android phone owners as well.
“Our intent is to try to get these guys to market faster by using this base port,” Stapleton added.
Flash Lite 3 can render Flash Player 8 files meaning files that require 9 or 10 will not work on the handsets. However, Stapleton says “a large subset of what’s on the Web today will render in a pleasing way for the end consumer.”
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Eric Lempel, Sony’s Director of PlayStation Network Operations, has posted on the official PlayStation 3 blog that the upcoming PS3 firmware update, version 2.53 will bring improvements to the Flash Player via the internet browser.
From the blog:
“Hi everyone, in the next PS3 firmware update (v2.53), coming soon, we’re improving the way the Flash Player works with the internet browser. In addition to being able to access more sites using Flash, you’ll be able to enjoy:
* Full-screen mode playability
* Live movie (using RTMP format) playability
Now it’s going to be even easier to enjoy web content on your PS3, in full-screen!”
Although that is the most notable update, gamesareevil says this is the full update list:
Users
* You now have an option to set the PS3 to turn off automatically after a background download or installation of content. This option is available when you turn off the system while content is being downloaded or installed.
Settings
* BD/DVD has been renamed to Video Settings
* Sequential Playback has been added as an option under Video Settings
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