Hulu is unveiling a brand new player (yes, it’s still in Flash) that has lots of awesome features, which you can read about at your leisure (here’s a cached blog post too). My favorite, by far, is the heat map.
On any full episode on the site with a sufficient volume of views, a heat map shows the relative popularity of every moment in that episode. Find hot and popular moments within long videos in no time at all.
Now I just want to see a longer version of this that covers a whole season or series.
[via Zach Klein]
05/14/10 6:57 PM
That is so excellent. How are they collecting which parts are "hot"?
05/17/10 11:54 PM
I don't have any inside knowledge, but I'd guess they're tracking at what point users start and stop watching a clip, which is why it tends to trail off at the end. If it were me, I'd also track the point when people click "Share on Facebook", or other similar activities.