Access licenses a platform for watching video on mobile phones

Access has licensed a Flash player built using Bluestreak technology for watching video on Linux-powered mobile phones capable of receiving digital television. The new product is called MachBlue. The agreement will let Access use the software with its Access Linux Platform (ALP) mobile platform. Orange, Europe’s second-largest mobile operator by subscriber numbers, previously used the technology to build the interface for its Orange World TV media portal. Launched a year ago, the portal currently broadcasts 52 channels over 3G and EDGE networks. Access’s Tomihisa Kamada says the solution will greatly expand the multimedia capabilities available to Access customers.