This month sees some exciting new updates to play cuatro which will have a very positive impact on service speed and reliability of the site. Two of the most interesting enhanced features are visual seeking technology and contextual commenting. Let´s take a look at play cuatro’s enhancements in more detail…

Contextual Commenting

The contextual commenting tool is an advanced feature which allows viewers to comment on any scene within a video at any point in time. This added feature means that users can interact with the media in an engaging way which is directly relevant to the content. When the player is embedded onto a third party website, the comments, which stay within the video, can be managed via the Flumotion WebTV 360 BackOffice. Markers appear throughout the video to visibly indicate which parts of the stream contain comments.  Multiple comments can be added at the same point and users can view all comments made within the video. Usernames can also be used in order to identify users and there is the option to disable the feature at any time. Continue Reading…