Bluestreak Technology, the Montreal-based open Flash platform provider for wired and wireless devices, will see its MachBlue platform integrated into digital televisions in North America, combining Web-based applications with High Definition (HD) video.
Bluestreak is also developing technology for deploying advanced 3D HD user interfaces on IPTV set-top boxes, using hardware acceleration technologies including OpenGL and OpenVG APIs.
Consumer electronics manufacturer Mitsubishi has selected the Bluestreak MachBlue platform, using the Adobe Flash 9 media format, to drive the entire user interface of Mitsubishi HDTVs, offering consumers a graphically rich way to control their television viewing experience and discover entertainment content. The MachBlue platform began shipping in Q2 2009 on Mitsubishi digital televisions and is now available on all new 2009 models including the DLP, LCD, and upcoming Laser series.
“We selected Bluestreak Technology’s MachBlue platform because it gives our consumers the visually attractive user interface that Flash technology provides, while offering us the flexibility to tailor those experiences specifically for the innovative features and new services we deliver and will continue to evolve in our new line of HDTVs,” said Mark Flynn, Software Engineering Director at Mitsubishi. “We are proud to be one of the first companies to offer this type of engaging and interactive HDTV user experience in the market today.”
“Several companies promise to deliver interactive Flash-based experiences in the digital home, but only Bluestreak Technology has a proven track record of seven years of successful deployments on millions of wired and wireless devices, including set-top boxes, mobile phones, and digital televisions,” said Dominique Jodoin, Bluestreak Technology CEO and President. “We are honored that Mitsubishi, a world leader in digital home products, chose our MachBlue platform to create superior user experiences for their digital televisions, and we look forward to continuing to deliver new innovations for consumers to interact with content across any screen inside or outside their home.”
The MachBlue platform enables the superb handling of multimedia content, including high definition graphics and animations, Web videos, and music, to digital televisions via its extended support of the Flash and the Flash Video (FLV) file format and other IP streaming protocols. The platform’s remarkably small memory footprint and extensibility over the traditional Flash features makes MachBlue an ideal solution for creating applications for challenging environments, including set-top boxes and mobile phones with limited memory and processing capabilities. As a result, television and mobile companies that use MachBlue can offer consumers powerful and visually compelling new ways to interact with content, delivering a consistent and engaging user experience across a wide variety of wired and wireless devices.
Privately held and headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Bluestreak Technology powers the Flash-based user interfaces and applications for many of today’s leading television and mobile companies, including France Telecom, Time Warner Cable, Videotron, Mitsubishi, Telecom Italia France, and ZON Multimedia.
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