Seen that? - Brightcove acquires MetaStories

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Brightcove acquires MetaStories The Digital TV Weblog

Internet TV player Brightcove has acquired rich media technology provider MetaStories to increase its self-service publishing capabilities. MetaStories' StoryMaker tool is a hosted service that lets producers of online content combine video, graphics, text, and audio components to create Flash-based rich media. Its Web-based video editing tools are expected to complement Brightcove's existing tools to publish, track, and monetize existing video content. MetaStories' StoryMaker tool is used by media companies like [...] Read More


Online Video: Now in Syndication The Digital TV Weblog

The subject I write about is new media video and a major theme I always come back to is how future business models may lead to new investments and entrepreneurial opportunities. Zachary Rodgers wrote a good piece about online video syndication. After reading it, I was struck with this thought: what if the online video ad networks stopped aiming to be mediators (their major downside from the agency's point of view) [...] Read More


Online Video Ad Networks The Digital TV Weblog

aka: The smell of sh*t is in the air, so the flies are close behind Internet Video is now drawing TV-like audiences. As a result, a many companies are jostling to meet the growing demand for ads accompanying those online videos. If you watched a more mainstream video on a site like AOL TV, the 15-second ad that you saw imbedded in your show might have cost that advertiser as much as [...] Read More


Brightcove lands $16.2 million deal TJ's Weblog

Brightcove secures a great round: "Brightcove, an Internet TV platform provider, said Tuesday it has attracted a quartet of heavy-hitting investors in Time Warner, IAC/InterActive, Hearst, and Allen & Company LLC, hauling in $16.2 million in a second round of financing, along with a distribution agreement with AOL. The four companies will join venture firms Accel Partners and General Catalyst Partners in betting on the continued growth of Internet TV. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based [...] Read More


SAP Acquires Pilot The CIO Weblog

In a move to strengthen its portfolio of analytic applications, SAP AG has agreed to acquire privately held pilot Software Inc., a maker of strategy management software in Mountain View, Calif. SAP intends to integrate Pilot Software's core product, the business analytic application PilotWorks, into its suite of business software products that run on the NetWeaver integration platform, the company said Tuesday. The PilotWorks application provides analytic tools for executives to [...] Read More