Ryan Merket’s Blog

TechCrunch just announced Adobe TV. An Adobe AIR application that allows users to search for content and interact with it. Users can watch shows in 1080p, 720p or 480i resolutions, respectively.

This is a HUGE blow to services such as Hulu, and Joost. As these players were looking to be the first HD compatible streaming video destination site, Adobe comes in and releases a web app for the desktop, thus eliminating the “destination” part of the equation.

I think you are going to see a huge shift away from destination sites and more to web based desktop apps running on platforms similar to AIR.