Adobe Media Player was a desktop media player that allowed users to manage and interact with their media content, and allowed content publishers to define branding and advertising in and around their content. The Adobe Media Player was one of the first
Adobe AIR applications from
Adobe Systems
Adobe Inc. ( ), formerly Adobe Systems Incorporated, is an American software, computer software company based in San Jose, California. It offers a wide range of programs from web design tools, photo manipulation and vector creation, through to ...
. It was announced at NAB show in Las Vegas and was released in April 2008.
It used
DRM and enforces advertisement viewing, when watching videos both online and offline.
The player was designed to allow users to subscribe to
webcasts from various providers to be either streamed or download for viewing offline. Adobe had signed
CBS,
PBS,
MTV Networks,
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, ...
,
CondeNet, and
Scripps Networks as partners. Adobe had planned to release other features to support various business models, such as the ability to rent videos.
Adobe Media Player was discontinued on 16 September 2010.
The player had been praised for its
user-friendliness and compared to the
internet TV service
Joost.
See also
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Open Source Media Framework (OSMF)
References
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Media players
Internet television software
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Freeware