Topic - Online Video & BrightCove

Google Gets ON2 Video Compression

Google is in the buying mood again it seems as they recently gobbled up ON2 Technologies who create high-quality video compression technology. What’s that mean for the video web? One can never be certain, can one? But we’ll tell you what WE think.

Adobe Gets Serious with Open Source – Opens up that MF

Throw on your disco clothes and get down with Strobe, Adobe’s Open Source Media Framework Initiative (OSMF) which they recently released. What’s it all mean for you? Well, that’s what ReelSEO is here to tell you.

Announcing the First Ever Online Video Platform Summit

I’m pleased to announce to the ReelSEO community the Online Video Platform Summit, a new two-day single track event held in conjuction with the annual Streaming Media West Conference and Exhibition on November 18-19th in San Jose, Calif. The Online Video Platform Summit was born from the success of this year’s Streaming Media East conference in New York City that had a record attendance of 3,733 attendees, up 5% from the 2008 total and the largest number in the Streaming Media conferences 11 year history.

Wistia Embedded Video Metrics – The Video Solution for SMBs?

I review the video sharing application and project management service, Wistia, and talk with CEO Chris Savage on how they are positioning themselves as an affordable top-tier business solution for the SMB crowd.

Brightcove Dives into Mobile Video with Qik

Brightcove, has decided to test the waters of mobile video and determined that it’s warm enough to dive into. So they recently announced, via their blog, that Qik has signed on as a partner service.

Five Launches Syndicated Player With Brightcove Platform

Five, the UK broadcast company, has taken the plunge into online ad-supported video for embedding on other websites. They are the first broadcaster in the country to do so and look to lead the way for catch-up viewing on the web.

Upload Videos To Multiple Video Sharing Sites

So, you’ve got some videos made and you want to get them out there as fast and efficiently as possible. That means you probably want some tools to upload them to multiple video sites automatically right? Right! Here’s some of the coolest tools we found that will help you do just that, and in a hurry.

Now, I didn’t say they’d be free and instead of separating them out pay/free I’m just going to give you a good long list of them. I haven’t played with all of them so I can’t vouch for how cool, fast or stable they are. This is more like an informative piece that you can use as a starting point for research on how to get your videos published online with the quickness.

A New Era in Video Metrics has Arrived – Tubemogul 2.0

Welcome to TubeMogul 2.0.  All new metrics!  All new features!  All new version number!  All new price!  Well ok, same old price really, free.

Tubemogul partners and the online video industry in general can rejoice! The dawn of a new era in video ad metrics has arrived. The new free metrics tools promise to delve into the depths of video metrics and pull forth more useful statistics as well as a higher level of accuracy throughout more than a dozen partner site.

VUDU, Brightcove to Deliver Content to Set Top Box

Two big names now getting together to offer one big service. Brightcove,  a leading video delivery platform and VUDU a home theatre digital content provider, have hopped on the couch together to put some ad-supported digital content onto set top boxes everywhere.

How to Produce “Business-Quality” Online Video on a Small Business Budget

Can businesses today really create sustainable revenue and long-term profit around regularly publishing professional-quality online video, and keep their production costs well below the standards of broadcast-quality? Yes, if they’re willing to be what I call “videoratis” - a video professional and publicist skilled at more than one job that relates to their business and their online community.

Brightcove and Adobe Strengthen Ties

Brightcove and Adobe are getting all the more friendly these days with the announcement today of a new strategic alliance that is set to deliver the best-in-class online video solution as they collaborate on tech and DRM matters. They’re also said to be working on a desktop tool to streamline onlnie video workflow. The Adobe open media player ‘Strobe’ tech is said to be interoperable with Brightcove’s platform

Newspapers, video and SEO! Coverage around the Web

Since we published our special report back in February on how Video SEO can save the newspaper industry, there’s been recent explosion of coverage on newspapers  making a migration to online video.  We’ve provided some select links to what we consider the most insightful coverage on how newspapers’ are handling their special situation with online video publishing, and the increasingly large opportunities from optimizing their video content for search engine results.