Systems and methods for displaying video content on a webpage

A system for displaying video content on a computing device-accessed webpage, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more computer-readable media;
• and
• one or more modules maintained on the one or more computer-readable media that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
• displaying a first video content item in a video adhesion unit on a webpage in response to accessing the webpage by a computing device;
• playing video content associated with the first video content item in the video adhesion unit on the webpage;
• locking the video adhesion unit to the webpage such that the video adhesion unit is continuously visible when accessing the webpage;
• conforming the video adhesion unit with the webpage on a basis of one or more visual attributes of the webpage;
• and
• providing user control functions for controlling the playing of the video content associated with the first video content item.