The main object of HTML5 specification is to transfer playback of multimedia video and audio to the browser itself without installing additional plug-ins. However, browser developers cannot decide on ...

There's no need to install those annoying plug-ins anymore as YouTube has dropped Adobe's Flash and will be using the HTML5 player by default. Armed with support for ...

YouTube made waves Wednesday evening when it announced a Flash-less HTML5 video player. And now, mere months after rolling out a mobile-friendly site for iPhone and ...

Vimeo has rebuilt its video player using HTML5, the latest version of the Web programming language that is challenging Adobe Systems’ Flash player in serving up Web video. The use of HTML5, which ...

Wowza Media Systems today announced availability of the Wowza Player, an embeddable HTML5 media player for mobile, desktop, Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac OS X. The player is free to Wowza Streaming ...

HTML5 & WebRTC innovator Viblast launched today Viblast Player, a plugin-free solution that enables playback of adaptive HLS and MPEG-DASH playlists in HTML5 browsers. Viblast Player is one of very ...

Video site Vimeo will begin rolling out support Thursday for HTML5 with a new player that runs natively in current generation browsers. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before ...

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While Vimeo was one of the first to adopt HTML5 for streaming web video, its player hasn't kept up with the times; it hasn't been very fast or powerful. That's changing with a redesigned player ...

While Adobe moves away from Flash, YouTube is continuing its push for Google’s open source WebM format by adding support for 1080p playback to its HTML5 player. Other new HTML5 features include native ...

YouTube today announced it has finally stopped using Adobe Flash by default. The site now uses its HTML5 video player by default in Google's Chrome, Microsoft's IE11 ...