It is one of those days when separate announcements reinforce a single message.<\/p>\n
On the technical side, we\u2019ve had Adobe\u2019s announcement, here at MAX in Los Angeles, of Flash Player 10.1<\/a> which will bring hardware accelerated HD video to a number of smartphones, including Windows Mobile, Palm Web OS, Google Android and Symbian. Blackberry maker RIM is also on board<\/a>. Spot the missing Smartphone \u2013 though who knows, there could be an Apple-shaped announcement too at any time.<\/p>\n Users on the other hand do not care what software is delivering their video, they just want it to work. England\u2019s numerous football fans will care even more about that now, since the forthcoming World Cup qualifying match with Ukraine will apparently be shown only on the Web<\/a>, on a pay-per-view basis. Actually it is not quite web-only; you can also to out to watch it in the cinema, harking back to the days when few had TVs at home:<\/p>\n Fans will be asked to pay between \u00a34.99 and \u00a311.99, depending on when they sign up, to watch the match on their computer and it will also be screened in selected Odeon cinemas.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I\u2019m particularly interested in the developer angle. Web video is programmable, and where Flash goes, so too goes the ActionScript runtime. One angle is social media, which the BBC talked to me about<\/a> at the end of last year in the context of iPlayer. It will be fun to see this and other innovations as the possibilities opened up by web broadcasting sink home.<\/font><\/p>\n It is one of those days when separate announcements reinforce a single message. On the technical side, we\u2019ve had Adobe\u2019s announcement, here at MAX in Los Angeles, of Flash Player 10.1 which will bring hardware accelerated HD video to a number of smartphones, including Windows Mobile, Palm Web OS, Google Android and Symbian. Blackberry maker … Continue reading Web video ascendant as Flash goes mobile<\/span> \n