Release 8.29 07/07/2025

We’re pleased to release the 8.29 version of the Blue Billywig Online Video Platform.

  • We now show the name of the connected playlist in the Elements tab of the Channel editor.
  • We’ve added the aria-expanded attribute to several panels of the player for better accessibility.
  • We’ve updated the design of the subtitle generation dialog to better reflect the results of the possible actions.
  • We’ve improved the quality of images in Channels on screens with a high(er) pixel density.
  • Content Protection restrictions no longer apply to preview screens for logged in OVP users.
  • Added the “hero” image variant to thumbnail sets as a 16:9 alternative.
  • Fixed an issue with datepickers being covered by other fields.
  • Fixed an issue with the alignment of the close button in the transcript sidebar.
  • Fixed an issue with the Channels detail page alignment rendering.
  • Fixed some issues with scrolling in Channels.
  • Fixed an issue with user creation in combination with password managers.

SDK

  • Fixed an issue with the advertisement skip counter ticking down while the advertisement was paused on iOS.
  • We now withhold ad request URLs from logging by default on both iOS and Android.
  • Improved the support for different companion clip sizes on iOS.