Adobe Wins Emmy Award for Flash Video

Award Recognizes Flash Video’s Role in Bringing Popular Television Shows Online

Adobe Systems Incorporated has won a Technical and Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for its Flash Video technology, in recognition of the software’s pivotal role in bringing television content to the Internet.

The award for Streaming Media Architecture & Components was announced today by the National Academy of Television and will be formally delivered to Adobe at a ceremony held during the CES trade show, January 2007 in Las Vegas.

Today, television shows like Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy and Friday Night Lights are being delivered online thanks to Flash Video, while the technology also powers the video capabilities of social networking sites such as YouTube and MySpace.

“Flash Video is fundamentally changing the role of video on the Internet, and this prestigious award is further proof of this technology’s profound impact on how broadcasters deliver their content,” said Shantanu Narayen, president and chief operating officer at Adobe. “ABC and NBC and pop culture phenomena like YouTube and MySpace are relying on Adobe technologies to reach new audiences. Winning this Emmy is deserved recognition for our engineering teams and Adobe’s continued commitment to innovation in dynamic media.”