Release 8.36 13/10/2025
We’re pleased to release the 8.36 version of the Blue Billywig Online Video Platform.
- Improved the transcript editor in the OVP to show a preview of the transcript while you create or edit it.
- Added more configuration options to the Grid element in Channels.
- Added the option to use the playout color for hover states in Channels.
- Updated the “does not contain any of” filter to only filter out exact matches.
- Vodcast urls are now non-indexable by Google.
- We now include the rssEnabled boolean in the sapi/cliplist output.
- We sunsetted the “force can autoplay” setting.
- Fixed an issue with content playing muted after playing a pre-roll with sound.
- Fixed an issue with showing the AD icon in the player.
- Fixed an issue with ads in the Shorts player.
- Fixed an issue with the Channels featured header on smaller screens.
- Fixed an issue with displaying table cells in datafeeds.
- Fixed an issue with delayed content playback when an adblocker is used.
- Fixed an issue with displaying the expiration time of a Content Protection token.
- Fixed an issue with pre-roll ads on iOS Safari.
- Fixed an issue with Playlist Collections not showing the first item in the first playlist as a thumbnail when it had none selected.
SDK
- Pre-loading of Shorts shelf items out of view has been improved on Android.
- Fast forward and backward double tap is now supported on Android.
- Multiple improvements have been made to start-, pause- and endscreens on Android.
- Related items have been updated to display better with non-landscape aspect ratios on Android.