Verizon to revamp V CAST

Verizon recently signed up Adobe as the first carrier to feature Adobe’s new FlashCast platform. This will enable Verizon to set up “always on” channels for news, weather, and sports, as opposed to the standalone video clips that permeate their current service.

It’s yet another permutation of “mobile TV,” except that FlashCast actually has a shot of improving the experience, at least in terms of reducing wait times. We all know how smoothly YouTube works – you never have to wonder if a clip will play properly – and YouTube is Flash-based.

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