Release 8.38 10/11/2025
We’re pleased to release the 8.38 version of the Blue Billywig Online Video Platform.
- Improved playlist filters with better results when searching for titles that have special characters around them.
- Source ID has been added to the analytics – statistics screen.
- Changed canonical RSS thumbnail URLs from http to https.
- Improved the accessibility of our player by adding aria-hidden to the images/svg’s used in buttons.
- Changed the look and feel of the pagination elements within Channels.
- The created date of Scriptix subtitles is now updated when creating a new subtitle.
- Fixed an issue with SPA player loading.
- Fixed an issue with the way Highlights are shown in the player.
- Fixed an issue with the skip ads button in Shorts.
- Fixed an issue with ad-only auto advance.
- Fixed an issue with a lower quality thumbnail sometimes showing.
- Fixed an issue with the pagination element in Channels.
- Fixed an issue with enabling subtitles by default in case of generated subtitles.
- Fixed an issue with the ad schedule Prebid wrapper sometimes not loading.
- Fixed an issue with multiple shorts instances not rendering.
SDK
- The CTA text in Shorts is now more customisable by selecting a button text source on Android.
- Content Protection error messages now display in the latest styling on iOS.
- Custom fields now have their stats logged through the SDK when marked as “included in statistics”.