Adobe wins Emmy Award for Flash Video

Adobe Press Release
11/02/06



The 2nd article I found was straight from Adobe’s Press Release section. This article was on Flash Video and how it won Adobe a Technical and Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Science. Today, shows like Lost, Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy are being delivered online thanks to Flash Video, while the technology also powers the video capabilities of social networking sites such as YouTube and MySpace. The award is actually formally being accepted this month in Las Vegas at a CES trade show.

The president and chief operating officer at adobe, Shantanu Narayen, stated “Flash Video is fundamentally changing the role of video on the Internet, and this prestigious award is further proof of this technology’s profound impact on how broadcasters deliver their content”. All of the “Video Player Websites” now rely on Flash to stream video content of all types. Narayen went on to say, “Winning this Emmy is deserved recognition for our engineering teams and Adobe’s continued commitment to innovation in dynamic media”.

Flash video is used by companies to stream video content in a smooth yet secure fashion. The program that makes it possible it called Flash Media Server 2. It gives organizations a scalable and secure way to stream video content, and partnerships with leading content delivery network providers. Statistics show that over 700 million Internet-connected desktops and mobile devices currently use Adobe Flash Player.

This issue is very important just because so many web sites and web applications use flash as their front end content. With that said, you must have the flash player to view any of their sites. As designers, I find that we need to keep up with the trends of online content and interface. So it is important to know that successful landmarks that Adobe continues to achieve. We should be excited for them and encourage them to continue to put out quality and useful software tools so we may be better at what we do.

After reading this article, I have gained a little more respect for Adobe and how much they do. It is very cool to see that a software company that I frequently use, wins Emmy Awards. I now want to get involved with online video stream and learn more about it.