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jwplayer.com
Company blog · jwplayer.com/blog · on HN as pgodzinwebdata
jwplayer.com is the company blog at jwplayer.com, writing about web and data. Since 2014, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 61 times, most often “Chromecast and the Future Of Web TV”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link JW Player's blog posts on HTML5 HLS and MediaSource playback when discussing Flash-free video, live streaming and browser support. The comments cite the posts as references rather than judging them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
JWX helps streamers, publishers, and advertisers create, deliver, and monetize video with one intelligent workflow - built for speed, scale, and results.
Most-linked posts?
- Chromecast and the Future Of Web TV2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-04-04
- /html5/hls/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-06-29
What Hacker News says?
JW Player | Senior Android Engineer, Software Engineer, Solutions Engineer | New York (NYC), NY and California | ONSITE | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Fox, VICE, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hundreds of thousands of creator…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring right now?”Submitted Fast String Matching for Analytics Pipelines as a story · 25 points
HN discussionI can't wait for HLS support http://www.jwplayer.com/html5/hls/
Comment linking /html5/hls/
on “Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default”Submitted Fast String Matching for Analytics Pipelines as a story · 4 points
HN discussionOnsite | Various Positions |Full-Time| https://jwplayer.com | New York, NY Open to Candidates Authorized to work in the US JW Player is venture-funded, online video software company centrally located in midtown Manhattan. Our team culture allows you to manage your own timelines and projects while being a part of the fastest growing tech industry—online video. Our flagship product, the JW Player, is deployed on over…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2017)”Submitted Vectorizing Videos: Leveraging DeepWalk for Video Recommendations as a story · 3 points
HN discussionJW Player | Senior Software Engineer, Product Manager and Product Designer | New York (NYC), NY | REMOTE currently, ONSITE likely | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Apartment Therapy, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hundreds of th…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2020)”Submitted An Easier Way to Run Spark Jobs on AWS EMR as a story · 2 points
HN discussionJW Player | Software Engineers, Product Managers | New York (NYC), NY | ONSITE | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Fox, VICE, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hundreds of thousands of creators of all types and sizes, rely on JW Play…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2019)”Submitted Scaling our periodic batch pipeline for publisher analytics: Key skew in Hadoop as a story · 2 points
HN discussionJW Player | Senior Full Stack Engineer, Mobile SDK and Video Product Managers | New York (NYC), NY | REMOTE currently, ONSITE likely | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Fox, VICE, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hundreds of thousan…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2020)”Submitted Hive with Tez on EMR as a story · 2 points
HN discussionJW Player | Software Engineers, Product Managers | New York (NYC), NY | ONSITE | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Fox, VICE, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hundreds of thousands of creators of all types and sizes, rely on JW Play…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2018)”Submitted Chromecast and the Future Of Web TV as a story · 2 points
HN discussionJW Player | Senior Software Engineer, Test and Solutions Engineers, Product Managers | New York (NYC), NY | REMOTE currently, ONSITE likely | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Apartment Therapy, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hund…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2020)”Submitted Video Player Testing with QA Automation Tools as a story · 1 points
HN discussionJW Player | Mobile Developers, Android and iOS | New York (NYC), NY | ONSITE | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Fox, VICE, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hundreds of thousands of creators of all types and sizes, rely on JW Player…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2019)”Submitted Scaling our periodic batch pipeline for publisher analytics: key skew in Hadoop as a story · 1 points
HN discussionJW Player | Mobile Developers (Android and iOS), Product Manager (Ads) | New York (NYC), NY | ONSITE | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Fox, VICE, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hundreds of thousands of creators of all types and…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2019)”Submitted JWPlayer on the future of HTML5 video as a story · 1 points
HN discussionJW Player | Senior Software Engineer, Product Manager, Support, Sales and Solutions Engineers | New York (NYC), NY and India | REMOTE currently, ONSITE likely | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Apartment Therapy, Business Insider, and Univision,…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2021)”JW Player | New York (NYC), NY / UK / REMOTE | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Apartment Therapy, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hundreds of thousands of creators of all types and sizes, rely on JW Player to deliver and monetize…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2022)”JW Player | Senior Software Engineer, Senior Product Designer, Sales Engineer | New York (NYC), NY | REMOTE currently, ONSITE likely | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Apartment Therapy, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hundreds of…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2020)”JW Player | Senior Software Engineer, Test and Solutions Engineers, Product Managers | New York (NYC), NY | REMOTE currently, ONSITE likely | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Apartment Therapy, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hund…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2020)”JW Player | Software Engineers, Product Managers | New York (NYC), NY | ONSITE | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Fox, VICE, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hundreds of thousands of creators of all types and sizes, rely on JW Play…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2018)”JW Player | Full Stack and Data Pipelines Engineer, Product Manager, Support, Sales and Solutions Engineers | New York (NYC), NY and India | REMOTE currently, ONSITE likely | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Apartment Therapy, Business Insider, a…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2021)”JW Player | Software Engineer, Support and Solutions Engineer | New York (NYC), NY and California | REMOTE currently, ONSITE likely | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Fox, VICE, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hundreds of thousand…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2020)”JW Player | Senior Software Engineer, Sales and Solutions Engineers | New York (NYC), NY and India | REMOTE currently, ONSITE likely | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Apartment Therapy, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hundreds of…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2021)”JW Player | Software Engineers, Product Managers | New York (NYC), NY | ONSITE | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Fox, VICE, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hundreds of thousands of creators of all types and sizes, rely on JW Play…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2019)”JW Player | Senior Android Engineer, Solutions Engineer, Product Manager | New York (NYC), NY and California | ONSITE | Full-time JW Player pioneered video on the web over a decade ago and continues to innovate as the world’s largest network-independent platform for video delivery and intelligence. Media companies including Fox, VICE, Business Insider, and Univision, in addition to hundreds of thousands of creators…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2020)”