No, but a player can. We have made some slight, yet significant changes to our player recently, and I thought I'd take a moment to share with you all exactly what is new and different.

1. We have branded our player. It's a subtle inclusion, but an important one. It means not only do people know it's our player, it is also a way back to our site just by clicking on it, no matter where it is embedded.

2. We have put our chat tool right in the player. Our previous version of the chat tool was as a widget that you had to add to your Overlay, until some bright idealist said "hey why not just always have it as an option in the player?" Now you can chat in any Overlay you watch, or create. Smart.

3. The player is now a study in grey. We had splashed some red in the previous version, but felt that shades of grey would make it that much more complimentary to any site it's embedded on.

4. What was previously know as the EDIT tab, is now a CREATE tab. Why? Because we want you to use your imagination and create stuff, not just edit it. And the tab to turn off the targets in an Overlay is now known as HIDE.

Et voilà! Our new and improved player. Oh and there's some stuff inside the player that ain't so bad either ...

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As usual Amber dishes on current news in the online video world. This week on The OverView: 30 Rock on hulu, some spooktacular eCards, a chimp and his Segway, Overlay.TV chats with Kevin Brown aka Dot Com, and a lesson on how mics capture sound.

The OverView

This week on The OverView, Amber shares some news on how to "video your vote," why we won't be getting mail from Ringo anymore, and some tips for how use audio in your videos. And oh yeah, some stuff about Overlay.TV

The OverView

MTV2's self described "best in alternative and indie music" site Subterranean, kicked off it's live blogging from the CMJ Music Marathon, by writing a bit about their booth neighbours Overlay.TV. They talked with our CMJ booth babes, Keith and Faisal, about our tool and even got them to dish on few secrets ... [MORE]

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We are pleased to announce to the hundred million plus users of MySpace that you can now showcase Overlay.TV on your MySpace profile, using the Overlay.TV MySpace application.  Host one Overlay, or create a list of Overlays that have been individually selected by you. You don’t even have to be an Overlay.TV member to use the application. Simply add the application and then add the URLs of any of Overlays you like found on Overlay.TV.If you would like to make a more personal connection to your MySpace community, then sign-up to Overlay.TV to create and post your own Overlays on your MySpace page. You know your community better than anyone else. Let your inner producer out, and soon you’ll find Overlay.TV fast becoming your favorite MySpace application. Only Overlay.TV gives you the flexibility to add rich interactive online video content to your profile just the way you want it. (more...)

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This week on The OverView (click for all episodes) Amber Mac talks about The Webby Awards, Lisa Kudrow's new gig with Lexus, and shares some tips on how to make videos with or without a tripod, and of course all the latest at Overlay.TV. And don't forget to check out the official OverView page.

The OverView

Just wanted to get one of my fave spokespeople on the blog today for Blog Action Day.  We will be posting more throughout the day.  Together we can all make poverty history.

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