Abstract: A media player system for product placements, including: a controller; a computer-readable non-transitory memory in communication with the controller including instructions that when executed by the controller cause it to: display a user interface including a video frame and a product information area, wherein the product information area is adjacent or overlaps the video frame; display contents of a video in the video frame, wherein the video includes corresponding video metadata; receive a current location of a cursor; and when the current location of the cursor is within a product hotspot, display product information associated with the product hotspot in the product information area, wherein the product hotspot is defined by the video metadata as a location within the video frame, at one or more points in time, that is associated with the product information.