ATEME Supports H.264 Delivery via Adobe Flash Technologies

April 09, 2008 - Bievres, France

ATEME™ SA, an acknowledged leader in MPEG-4 video compression solutions, today announced that its H.264 video solutions are fully interoperable with Adobe® Flash® technologies, including Adobe Flash Player 9 and Adobe Flash Media Server 3.

Adobe Flash Player, the world’s most pervasive playback software, is now installed on 98 percent of Internet-connected PCs and more than 500 million Flash enabled mobile devices and handsets worldwide. ATEME’s renowned MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec is used by major broadcasters, broadband service providers and content delivery networks to provide high-quality HD video over low bitrates. With ATEME supporting the Adobe Flash architecture through its H.264 codec, content providers are able to deliver high-quality video experiences on the Web.

“We are very pleased to work with Adobe in supporting interoperability between our H.264 solutions and Adobe Flash technologies,” said Sylvain Riviere, Executive Vice President of Marketing at ATEME, “Content delivery networks will now be able to extend the reach of H.264 based content to online media via Adobe Flash Player 9 and Adobe Flash Media Server 3 and allow consumers to watch high quality videos anywhere, anytime.”

“ATEME is playing an active role in our Flash Media Solution Partner Program. ATEME’s support for Adobe Flash technologies makes life a lot easier for content providers running H.264 based workflows.” said Kevin Towes, product manager for Flash Media Server at Adobe. “ATEME’s customers will now be able to reduce costs and save time by leveraging their H.264 video assets onto the ubiquitous Flash Player and Adobe AIR-based applications.”

ATEME™ is a trademark of ATEME SA.

About ATEME

ATEME is a world-leading provider of MPEG-4 / H.264 video compression solutions. ATEME’s renowned technology supports both standard and HD content, deployed across any platform – from mobile to Ultra HD. ATEME provides broadcasters, telcos and security providers with unmatched compression quality and bandwidth efficiency.

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