LG's not the only one bringing streaming content to televisions this year, with Adobe and Intel announcing a partnership to port the Flash platform over to upcoming HDTV models. Intel has been trying to get more of its processors in entertainment hardware, and at the forefront of this movement is its CE 3100 Intel Media Processor. The 3100 allows sets with the chip to provide rich, network-aware content, like the widget system from Yahoo we looked at last week. This collaboration between Adobe and Intel comes as part of their partnership in the Open Screen Project.

With Flash enabled for TVs, you won't be stuck having to pick-and-choose what streaming platforms the set-top box you're thinking of buying supports. Streaming sites like YouTube and Hulu that already use Flash to deliver content should be able to work on sets with Intel's chip with little tweaking. The first level of Flash support should come in the form of Flash Lite optimized for the 3100, sometime in the first half of 2009. An optimized version of the full Flash implementation will then follow. Besides integration with televisions, the 3100 chip and its associated Flash player are planned for integration into all varieties of set-top boxes, from cable tuners to Blu-ray players. There's no word yet on what specific models from which manufacturers will premiere the technology, so we'll keep our ears open for more news.

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