The Washington Post Launches New Video Player for Continuous Viewing While Reading

The Washington Post announced a new video player that allows for continuous video viewing while scrolling through an article page. The technology, built by The Post’s engineering team, leverages the company’s proprietary video platform first introduced in December 2014.   “We are always working to enrich the viewing experience, and as users multitask more and more, we wanted to give them an easy, flexible way to watch and read in any combination they would like,” said Micah Gelman, director of video at The Post. “Our readers are in control—the video follows them down the page if they choose to start playing it.”