MTV Pulls The Plug On Embeddable Videos

Yesterday in a blog post, a staff member for MTVN developer services announced that video embeds would no longer be available through MTV’s API, starting sometime in early March. TechCrunch reports.

Currently, developers can build websites that embed videos from MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo (such as this one that also embeds videos from YouTube). But soon developers will be allowed to display only thumbnails and meta data associated with MTV’s videos. If users want to watch the actual videos, they’ll have to follow links back to webpages that are owned and monetized by MTVN.

emily | 10:30 AM | News |
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