vzaar is proud to be named as a finalist in the 2009 Streaming Media European Readers Choice Awards in the category of [Best Online Video Platform](http://streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=11371).
This award, which is to be announced on Oct 15th, would be a welcome trophy for our cabinet which also includes the [Star Developer award from eBay in 2008.](http://ebaydeveloper.typepad.com/dev/2008/06/congratulations.html)
2009, so far, has been a strong year for us, and this nomination is a testament to the stellar work our development team has achieved.
Here are some of this year’s highlights.




**-March**:[vzaar api](http://vzaar.com/about/api) launched.


This enables web applications to interface programmatically with the vzaar platform.




**-April**:[vzaar player size options launched](http://vzaar.com/features/multi_size_players)


vzaar became the first online video service to offer users a choice of video player sizes.




**-July**:[custom player features launched,](http://vzaar.com/features)


vzaar releases a host of new custom player options that includes support for high definition.




**-August**: eBay [release vzaar video](http://vzaar.com/blog/2009/08/were-live-vzaar-enters-the-ebay-applications-programme) hosting for Selling Manager users.


vzaar launch the first Selling Manager video application for eBay.




Well done to everyone on the team especially to our delicious developers at [Applicake](http://applicake.com/projects/7-vzaar-com).