Today at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), Brightcove
Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV), a leading global provider of cloud services for
video, launched Brightcove Perform, a high performance service for
creating and managing video player experiences that redefines video
playback across devices. Perform powers cross-platform video playback
with a full set of management APIs, performance optimization services,
and the leading HTML5-first Brightcove Player, delivering a high quality
user experience to end users. Perform also supports HTTP Live Streaming
(HLS) video playback across devices, along with analytics integrations,
content protection, and both server-side and client-side ad insertion.
The underlying Brightcove video player in Perform is the fastest loading
player on the market today, according to head-to-head comparisons,
loading up to 70% faster than competitive players, including YouTube’s.
The player supports HLS across all major mobile and desktop platforms
for simplified workflows and uniform, high quality, cross-platform user
experiences. Perform’s plugin architecture also allows for control and
management of playback features in a discrete and extensible manner. New
features can be added with pure JavaScript, JSON and CSS, and the player
stays lean by only loading resources required for the features that are
configured. Additionally, Perform gives content providers a flexible
player with a constant stream of innovative add-ons from a broad
ecosystem of partners and open-source contributions from the Video.js
community. The new Brightcove Player will also be available soon as part
of Brightcove’s flagship Video Cloud online video platform.
Perform is a powerful addition to the Brightcove family of products and
will be a key driver in the company’s ongoing mission to revolutionize
the way video is experienced on every screen. Developer-friendly and
built for the future, Perform is designed to serve the needs of the
world’s leading video publishers by plugging into bespoke workflows and
working seamlessly with other modular services from Brightcove, such as
the Zencoder cloud transcoding and Once server-side ad insertion
platforms. Additionally, Perform integrates with the Brightcove Once UX
product to provide a powerful hybrid ad solution (see
separate release).
“Perform is a groundbreaking innovation, as we are the first to offer a
truly enterprise-grade player as a standalone service,” said David
Mendels, chief executive officer at Brightcove. “As video continues to
grow, consumers need reliability and speed, and publishers need
simplicity. The plugin architecture, speed, scale, and playback
technology integrated in Perform is remarkable and will help video
publishers increase their speed to market and engage their audiences on
a global scale.”
Brightcove Perform is available now. For more information, visit: http://www.brightcove.com
About Brightcove
Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ:BCOV) is a leading global provider of powerful
cloud solutions for delivering and monetizing video across connected
devices. The company offers a full suite of products and services that
reduce the cost and complexity associated with publishing, distributing,
measuring and monetizing video across devices. Brightcove has more than
5,500 customers in over 70 countries that rely on the company’s cloud
solutions to successfully publish high-quality video experiences to
audiences everywhere. To learn more, visit www.brightcove.com.
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