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BBC iPlayer gets Flashy
Adobe makes the grade...

By Reuters

Published: Tuesday 16 October 2007

Adobe Systems has said the BBC will use its Flash software to broadcast video and audio from its website, giving the web content software company another high-profile customer.

The BBC will use Flash as the technological underpinning for its free iPlayer online on-demand television service by the end of 2008, complementing its existing download service that offers about 400 hours of shows at a time, Adobe said in a statement.

The financial terms of the deal were not revealed. Adobe's Flash software is used in most popular online video sites, such as Google's YouTube.

The BBC's iPlayer launched back in June.