Brightcove refreshes with brand new service and new focus
Another big piece is a new publishing model which finally includes a Brightcove API that helps content creators insert video meta data into their pages making it easier to search and more meaningful for the semantic web side of video. The new publishing model also gives the content creators a lot of control over how to access video. They can now choose URLs, display descriptions, and decide when and how to highlight related videos. It should make it easy for users to jump from video to video all in the Brightcove player.
The final piece of the new rollout is a brand new user interface which is built all in Flex and according to TechCrunch has an iTunes-looking control panel and the ability to do drag and drop editing capabilities.
According to CrunchBase, Brightcove has $91.1 million dollars in funding putting it pretty close to the top of the video startup space and just a tad shy of Move networks $91.3 million.