Zoopy rolls out changes, Local hosting & New Video player
After our coverage of the Investment in zoopy by vodacom and the Interview with CEO of Zoopy Jason Elk. The company has been pretty busy.
The most recent announcement on their blog is the launch of a new video player, which features a new Info button which shows:
- Information about the video currently being viewed, including title, description, view count and uploader
- A list of related videos, including their titles, descriptions, uploaders and preview thumbnails
The player also gives you more detailed feedback about loading and buffering.
The Zoopy team is also currently attending the Web 2.0 expo in New York, And have also recently announced they have moved to local hosting and are allowing bigger file sizes.
“The downside to hosting outside of the country, however, is reduced loading speed of websites and, in Zoopy’s case, media files like videos and photos.
Local hosting. Amazing speed.
We’re happy to say that this is now a thing of the past for Zoopy visitors. As of today, we have servers in South Africa that will deliver Zoopy content using local bandwidth for South Africans. The significantly slower international speeds and low bandwidth caps in SA (many users only budget for the 3gb they receive per month) have left us as frustrated as any other internet user in the country. So
we’re prepared to do what it takes to deliver our media at amazing speeds, whether viewed on Zoopy.com or embedded on other sites or blogs. And for our members, an increase in upload speeds when adding media to your Zoopy profile will make things quicker and more
convenient too.”
And
“Bigger file sizes. More expression.
We’ve also now increased our upload file size limit from 100mb to 200mb. If we’re giving visitors a quicker and more comfortable experience over local bandwidth, we wanted to add to the enjoyment by giving them more space to express themselves as well.”
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Thanks for sharing the news with your readers, Ismail. We hope that this brings South African and African users a high performance option much closer to home