AFI BLOG: Media and Technology

Brightcove calls for open internet television standards - informativ
Jeremy Allaire, the founder of the online video platform Brightcove, has written an open letter to the consumer electronics industry, calling for it to back open standards for online video distribution. Without this, he argued, the current convergence of the internet and television is a wasted opportunity [...]

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Internet TV Platforms Come of Age - Brightcover Press Release
As we come to the end of 2007, it’s time to reflect on the forces that shaped the Internet TV industry during the last year and the trends that will define it in 2008.
Internet video surged into the mainstream in 2006 with the explosive growth of [...]

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Brightcove Gives Up on Consumer Video - Read/Write Web
Brightcove has never really been more than a half-hearted consumer video play, opting instead to function as a content distribution network for a large number of high profile media partners. Today Brightcove informed members of its Brightcove.TV site that it will no longer be accepting direct consumer [...]

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