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LongTail Video Releases JW Player 6NEW YORK --(Business Wire)-- LongTail Video (www.longtailvideo.com), the leading provider of affordable, self-serve video solutions for web publishers, today announced the release of JW Player 6 (JW6), a major update to the Web's most popular video player. JW6 introduces several new features for users, including an improved user interface, enhanced video playback in mobile environments such as iPad, iPhone and Android devices and out-of-the-box support for Apple's (News - Alert) HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) on iOS and Flash. "The JW Player is the most broadly used video player today primarily because of the flexibility it offers our customers as well as its affordability," said Dave Otten, CEO of LongTail Video. "JW6 is another huge step forward in its evolution and further separates us from other offerings in the market. Needless to say, we are very excited to introduce JW6 to the market." Today the JW Player is the most widely distributed player, delivering over 4 billion monthly streams across 2 million sites. With this release, JW6 includes the following enhancements:
As part of this release, LongTail Video has also simplified the way in which it packages the JW Player. A la carte AddOns are no longer available and instead popular skins and plugins that enhance the player's base functionality have been built into specific packages, or Editions. At launch, there are four JW6 editions, ranging from Free to Premium and Ads, that publisher can access from LongTail's site. The story was first reported in TechCrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/15/longtail-video-jw6/ About LongTail Video LongTail Video has been a pioneer in the online video market. Our flagship product, the JW Player, is active on more than 2 million sites and streams billions of videos each month across all devices. The JW Player is used by a diverse group of publishers, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to individual bloggers. Our other services include Bits on the Run, an online video platform, and JW Player Ads, a comprehensive video advertising solution built into the player. Together these serve millions of users throughout the world. LongTail Video is headquartered in New York City with an office in the Netherlands.
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