Adobe Media Player 1.0 is Now Available

Adobe today announced the immediate availability of Adobe Media Player 1.0 software.

An Adobe AIR application, this customizable, cross-platform media player provides exciting new ways for viewers to discover and interact with their favorite content, while offering revenue and brand-building opportunities for content publishers.

Adobe believes it has an edge in that its new media player lets consumers download digital content, such as movies, TV shows, and music, from the Internet without having to launch their Web browser.

Adobe Media Player 1.0 also lets users fetch high-definition content in video resolutions of 1080p, 720p, or 480i and it supports Adobe Flash-enabled programs.

Major television broadcasters and leading content publishers, including CBS, MTV Networks, Universal Music Group, PBS, CondéNet, and Scripps Networks have worked with Adobe to provide a broad range of television programming and entertaining video content to viewers.

Additionally, Adobe announced Adobe TV, a network in Adobe Media Player with a series of shows that provides expert instruction and original series programming about Adobe products to the worldwide creative community.

“With Adobe Media Player, we’re bringing viewers and content owners closer together, with an experience that doesn’t constrain them by platform or proprietary software application,” said John Loiacono, senior vice president of Creative Solutions at Adobe. “It’s a merger of TV Guide and DVR for Internet video content. Some great shows, like The Hills from MTV and CSI from CBS, is already available to view and more will be coming soon.”

Adobe Media Player is immediately available as a free download for Windows and Macintosh platforms at http://www.adobe.com/go/mp