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Brightcove is an Internet TV service dedicated to harnessing the inherent power of the Internet to transform the distribution and consumption of media. Brightcove empowers content owners—from independent producers to major broadcast networks—to reach their audiences directly through the Internet. At the same time, helping web publishers enrich their sites with syndicated video programming, and we give marketers more ways to communicate and engage with their consumers. Most impor...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - New YouTube Channel Edition

After a busy week, and a relaxing weekend, it's nearly time to start the cycle all over again. But before you dive into the routine tomorrow, take a few moments to catch up on the stories from the past week in the world of online ...

Brightcove App Cloud Expands Features: Push Messaging, New Analytics

Brightcove has announced an expansion to its App Cloud feature set over in Spain at Mobile World Congress. If you're trying to reach Android, iOS and other mobile web users, you might be interested. The new features include intelligent cross-platform push messaging and content-level analytics ...

Jumpstart Your 2012 Video + Social Media Marketing Strategy (Webinar Replay)

Earlier this month, we held a webinar in conjunction with Brightcove titled, "Jumpstart Your 2012 Video + Social Media Marketing Strategy." Courtney Pierce, Product Marketing Director at Brightcove, presented several case studies with leading brands like Philips, Intuit, Holland America, Oracle, Intel, to demonstrate how ...

Driving Video Views & Engagement With SEO & Social Media

Our founder, Mark Roberston, had a chance to serve as moderater at the Streaming Media West conference on a panel discussion entitled Driving Video Views and Engagement With SEO & Social Media. With Josh Warner of Feed Company, Gregg LaRoche of Brightcove, and Patrick Starzan ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - YouTube Channels Edition

This week, you probably missed even more online video news stories than normal. But you'll be forgiven, since you were no doubt scrambling around getting all the details together for your killer Super Bowl party. And in just a few hours, that party will begin. ...

Showtime Content On Roku, Starting With Shameless & House Of Lies

Not wanting their competitor HBO to steal every last bit of thunder in the streaming business, Showtime is getting into the mix by signing a deal with Roku that will allow access to their content.  The first offerings will be for a few full episodes ...

Half Of All Mobile Video Views Are On Android Phones

Yesterday we looked at the recent report from Brightcove and TubeMogul entitled Online Video & The Media Industry - Special Features: Full Length Episodes, Mobile Engagement, and how the study showed that Facebook referrals for video dropped from Q1 to Q2 in 2011, while search referrals ...

Search Still No. 1 Referrer of Online Video Traffic, Facebook Slips

Brightcove & TubeMogul recently released their quarterly research report for Q1 and Q2 of 2011, entitled Online Video & The Media Industry - Special Features: Full Length Episodes, Mobile Engagement. The report focuses on three areas: platform usage, online video engagement and discovery, and mobile ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Video Editing Edition

This week went by incredibly fast, and if you're like me... you just couldn't get to everything you really wanted to do. These days, there's so much online video news, it can be hard to keep up with it all. Which is exactly why we ...

The Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Video

What's the next major shift for video in the enterprise? Below is an observation of the evolution of enterprise video from the past to the present, and a suggestion for what's to come. For consistency, let's evaluate the four parts of video for each period ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Streaming Internet TV Edition

It was another huge week for online video news, with final bids for Hulu being turned in on Friday. I'm pretty surprised we haven't seen any leaks on those bids as of yet, but it is the weekend. Expect there to be news on the ...

Despite Losses, Brightcove Going Public On Strength Of Major Patent Win

Revenues at Brightcove have been on the rise from $24.5 million in 2008 to $43.7 million in 2010. Now, they're ready to take the whole company public as they have filed for an IPO, though also posted a loss during the first half of the ...

Leanin Launches Customizable "Social Video Player" For Brands

Leanin today announced the launch of something the company calls the first of its kind: a social video player. The Leanin service is a hosted solution, integrates smoothly with YouTube & Facebook, and aims to help brands better understand video engagement through an arsenal of ...

Social Video Boosts Engagement For Brands & Businesses

New research shows that the time spent with social media can improve the engagement with online video for brands and business. Online video technology provider Brightcove has found that videos shared through social media perform better than other videos, have higher engagement rates and higher ...

The Many Business Benefits Of Using A Branded Video Player

Online video provides a method for small businesses to attract the attention of potential buyers, provide more information about their products and demonstrate how they work. Most small businesses that begin using video start with a YouTube channel because of the huge number of potential ...