Release 7.118 16/10/2023
We’re pleased to release the 7.118 version of the Blue Billywig Online Video Platform.
Live countdown
Do you want to show when a stream will be starting? Then you can count on us! With the new countdown feature you can set a timer that will run before a Soft Embargo expires. The countdown is customizable through the playout settings and a second variant will be introduced later this quarter.
- Countdown to the start of your stream
- Use a custom thumbnail before the stream starts
- Edit the text to display and the colour it displays in
- Added support for Danish to our player skin and Channels feature
- Added a slight drop shadow to text elements in our player skin
- Added some small visual improvements to the highlights feature
- Added Matomo as an integration option in our player
- Optimized continuous refresh intervals for outstream ad units to increase inventory
- Added support to allow the selection of higher bitrate mediafiles for advertisements for mobile viewers with a good connection
- Updated to automatically remove all video SEO metadata for collapsed ad-only autoplay playouts
- Fixed an issue where DVR displayed when turned off
- Fixed an issue with certain ad settings causing HLS to fail
- Fixed an issue with duplicated ad units incorrectly copying their associated playout or mediaclip
- Fixed an issue with the player’s center controls incorrectly displaying for some setups