Cisco and Adobe have announced the Cisco Content Delivery System will be the first system of its type to natively support Adobe Flash streaming capabilities, in addition to traditional progressive delivery. Service providers and organizations of all types using the Cisco CDS will be able to deliver Adobe Flash Player compatible video to PCs, and TVs using Adobe Flash streaming capabilities, accelerating the Cisco CDS’ ability to deliver “any stream to any screen.” This solution will include the recently announced Adobe Flash Media Server 3 software.

The CDS implementation of Adobe Flash Media Server 3 will offer the full benefits of Adobe Flash technology including improved performance for faster user response and increased streaming protection to ensure that valuable content is better protected as it is delivered to viewers. The CDS platform provides additional benefits for the hosting and distribution of Flash Player compatible video content and services including content and service routing, dynamic hierarchical caching, load balancing, failover protection, IP multicast extensions, unified management tools, and end-to-end quality-of-service (QoS) support.

One of the world’s largest international wholesale carriers, KPN Global Carrier Services, has teamed up with Narrowstep, the leading European provider of TV over the Internet solutions, to provide a wholesale Internet TV offering to mobile and fixed network operators, ISPs and content parties. Narrowstep has developed the most comprehensive Internet TV platform that can deliver the highest quality, long-form programming available, giving audiences a true TV-like viewing experience over the Internet.

“We have looked long and hard at this market before deciding to work with Narrowstep,” comments Gert-Jan Huizer, VP Portfolio Management within KPN Global Carrier Services. “The combination of their leading edge technology, and our international IP network and global customer base will enable us to offer the first comprehensive, end to end, wholesale Internet TV service on the market”

“By continuing to develop and invest in our Internet TV platform, we can deliver the most comprehensive and scalable solution to world-class carriers like KPN,” said, David C. McCourt, Chairman and CEO of Narrowstep. “Our relationship with KPN will allow us to offer our platform to customers in new markets who are serious about managing and monetizing professionally produced video content over the Internet.”

KPN will offer a bundled service to international wholesale customers that will enable them to monetize video content and decommoditize bandwidth sales. The new service will launch in October 2007, and as part of the deal, Narrowstep will use KPN’s global network infrastructure to extend its Content Distribution Network. Press release Here.