Adobe Makes Media Player For Flash

While Microsoft challenges Macromedia Flash player then Adobe is developing their own media player for flash.

This player should difference from Windows media player and iTunes by focusing on local content, while, while the applications are supported rss feeds to receive flash video.
There will also be a possibility to download content information online.

Users will have the possibility to download video to watch locally, including padcast, tv shows and movies, but Adobe has focused on making it a player for developers and publishers, so there will be ways to lock the digital media (DRM).

Adobe’s media player will be supported for both windows and Mac.
Source: comon.dk

Microsoft Silverlight Challenges Macromedia Flash

Silverlight is going to be Microsoft’s new video streaming technology, its going to be a browser plugin supported for both windows and mac.

Silverlight has been under development in more then two years now, and can show web applications in both windows and mac with IE browser, firefox and safari.

Even though Windows media video (wmv) is very popular video format macromedia flash still is dominating on web streaming in both youtube.com and myspace.com.

Among possible partners for this new Silverlight project is mentioned Major League Baseball, and some web based video companies such as Netflix and Akamai Technologies.
Source: smh.com.au