ABC.com Premieres Full-Episode Video Player
More than 180 episodes of 15 different programs available via ABC.com, affiliate sites, portals, video-aggregator sites, social-networking sites.
By Richard Bellamy, special to -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/19/2008 1:34:00 PM
ABC.com’s revamped full-episode video player, first announced May 22, went live Friday.
Added functionality includes improved navigation, true full-screen viewing, closed-captioning and parental ratings for new content.
More than180 episodes of 15 different programs can be launched using the player at ABC.com, affiliate sites, portals and video-aggregator sites, as well as directly from social-networking sites using the ABC.com Full Episode Widget.
Since the previous generation of the player launched in 2006, more than 441 million episodes have been initiated and more than 1 billion ads served.
The revamped player is part of a larger update this week to ABC.com that also included a new short-form video player. Both the full-episode player and the short-form video player include built-in content recommendations, the ability to share clips via e-mail and enhanced integration with social-networking sites.
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What is the deal with your player? DOESN'T WORK FOR ME AT- ALL.The old player was fine. tThis thing doesn't work at all.
Why don't you take a look at the computer programmers you put on this project - not good, I'd say.
Barbara Lupo - 8/7/2009 6:45:11 PM EDT -
I have been able to view full episodes in the past and now just within the last mo. have been unavble to load them any longer!! What gives?! I miss my Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters shows!
Mary Rudman - 12/9/2008 1:19:00 AM EST -
I sign the user agreement, then download the new player. Then I loop back to the agreement in an endless cycle. Looks like I'll never know how bad the new player is. Bring back the old one, it was fine!!!
Patty Soper - 12/4/2008 7:35:00 PM EST -
The new player will not load. Please bring the old one back, never had a problem with it.
Sonja Rutherford - 11/28/2008 2:25:00 PM EST -
The new player is terrible. It's completely incompatible with my MacBook Pro - it won't install at all with Safari or Firefox in OSX, and in Parallels will IE, it stalls and skips. If I try to do full screen, it freezes my computer. I'm so frustrated! I loved the old player; I wish they'd give it as an option.
Jacqueline - 10/16/2008 12:01:00 AM EDT
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