Cody Taylor

Adobe has announced an HD-optimized version of Flash that will be available on TVs, Blu-ray players, and other set-top boxes. With a number of industry partners already on board, the Flash-capable products could be available for your YouTube-watching pleasure by the second half of 2009.

Drivintin writes “In a move that should make cable companies nervous, Adobe announces they are going to push a Flash that runs directly on TVs. ‘Adobe Systems, which owns the technology and sells the tools to create and distribute it, wants to extend Flash’s reach even further. On Monday, Adobe’s chief executive, Shantanu Narayen, will announce at the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas that Adobe is extending Flash to the television screen. He expects TVs and set-top boxes that support the Flash format to start selling later this year.’ With the ability to run Hulu, YouTube and others, the question of dropping your cable becomes a little bit more reasonable.”

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