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Adobe announced the Open Screen Project to advance rich internet experiences across television screens, PCs, mobile devices and consoles. The initiative is supported by technology companies and content providers including BBC, MTV Networks and NBC Universal.
The project aimed to establish a consistent runtime environment based on Adobe Flash Player and, in the future, Adobe AIR. This was intended to reduce development effort for content and applications across desktops, mobile phones, mobile internet devices and set-top boxes, while avoiding technology fragmentation through automatic runtime updates on mobile devices.
Adobe said it would remove restrictions on use of the SWF and FLV/F4V specifications, publish device-porting APIs for Flash Player, publish the Flash Cast and AMF protocols, and eliminate licensing fees for future versions of Flash Player and Adobe AIR for devices. It expected more than one billion mobile phones and devices to ship with Adobe Flash technology by 2009.