Yahoo! Video Gets a Facelift

Putting all this silly business about the potential buy out from Microsoft to one side for the moment, Yahoo! seem to have taken this time and the extra coverage to promote the new and revamped services they have to offer.

Hot on the heals of Yahoo Live, the video side of things is next to get an update, here is what they have changed…

• A wider viewing experience: Yahoo! Video supports a 16:9 cinematastic player that’s far ahead of what most sites are offering. And the video looks great.

• More content: Yahoo! Video is now about the whole spectrum of video found throughout Yahoo!, including music, movies, TV, news, sports, and a whole lot more. And we’re still committed to featuring the best videos from our talented community of independent video creators.

• Bigger files: Speaking of our creators, we’ve raise the max file size to 150 megabytes, so you can upload longer, higher quality video.

• An expanded browsing experience: Discover more video through networks, playlists, and related videos.

• More sharing: Not only can you embed individual videos on your blog or site, you can create your own curated video experience with embeddable playlists. Take a look at this example.

• More in-depth profiles: Your profile page now says a lot more about you. Pick your own nickname, fill the page with your favourite playlists and videos, add contacts and fans, and read and write comments.

As well as removing some of the stuff that Yahoo say you won’t miss such as…

• Comment titles: You no longer have to title your comments and you can reply to other people’s comments. You can also delete comments you’ve made, as well as unwanted comments on videos you’ve uploaded.

• Blank video players: Our embeddable player now carries the keyframe of your video, and it has a full-featured related-videos carousel. With our 16:9 aspect-ratio, I think it’s probably the best embeddable player out there.

 

Tags: Yahoo!, Video, Update