Brightcove, the Web video distribution platform used by media companies including Dow Jones, Warner Music, and the New York Times, is getting a massive makeover. Most people won’t see it, but its customers will. A new version of the Web-based software that they use to upload, manage, and distribute their videos is rolling out soon. It will be called Brightcove 3. (For more background, read the preview of the Brightcove 3 beta we wrote last june, and our interview with Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire in August).
Back in June, we noted:
The new publishing model centers around Brightcove’s first server-side API, which allows publishers to deeply integrate video meta data into their display pages. Publishers can choose to highlight related videos in ways that make the most sense for their content (perhaps by organizing them into lists that can be browsed by topics or names). They can also display descriptions, and choose URLs, that optimize SEO. As far as monetization is concerned, in-page advertisements can be synchronized with in-video ads to make for more effective impressions.
. . . Brightcove 3 has been blessed with a new user interface that doesn’t require publishers to skip around between tabs to address different parts of the setup process. An iTunes-looking control panel takes advantage of drag-n-drop and batch editing capabilities, which should streamline the addition and editing of videos.
Yesterday, we received the leaked screenshots below, and paired them with the corresponding current sections of the Web software. As far as we know, they’ve never been seen before outside the private beta. Judging by the screenshots, Brightcove 3 is much more visual, intuitive, and offers Web video publishers a ton more options than before. Click on each screenshot for a larger image.
Here is the new start page (top) versus the current dashboard (bottom):
Brightcove lets customers customize their video players. Here is the new video player styling editor (top) versus the current one (bottom):
Here is the new title editor (top) versus the current one (bottom). Notice how the ability to add tags and pick video stills and thumbnails is put right up front:
The advertising options are also being expanded. Brightcove 3 (top) looks like it will have options for different ad policies and ad types (pre-roll, mid-roll, post-roll) per player. Currently (bottom), users can pick “advertising” or “no advertising”:
And, I think this might be new, Brightcove 3 will create “multiple renditions” of each video in different standards (VP6 and H.264) and different bit rates (360, 512, 900, and 1,500 kbps), depending, presumably, on the viewer’s bandwidth and software:
Yes, it is truly awesome!
Do we have permission to use your screenshots on our blogs?
Sure, as long as you link back to the original
Oh. Leaked screenshots? That’s completely new to me. I think it can be well used for some promotion right.
Not much reason to screenshot a terrible Wordpress skin
Awesome, i like the leaked screenshots
More customisation options? That sounds great. But I hope that this post will not lead to a legal tussle.
right on!!
Next time you leak something, you may want to remove your email from the top right hand side of every screen. Unless of-course, there’s nothing ‘leaked’ about it. Still, it looks pretty cool.
Nice screenshots, and beautiful design, but… I hope these screenshots were “leaked” by Brightcove itself, because, you know, Brightcove IS a TC advertiser.
I really don’t think this leaked news is Techcrunch worthy.
Seems like, viewing that Nat persons portfolio, it’s one of Bright Cove’s designers :S
Yeah, techcrunch is a splog.
I used Brightcove at my last job. Their UI for embarrassing and painful. These screenshots are a big improvement, but for my money Delve Networks (what I use now – http://www.delvenetworks.com) still has the best UI and overall platform out there.
If you are evaluating video platforms you need ask the following questions:
Why was Delve able build a better product with 20 people in one year with $6m in venture capital, when Brightcove has not updated their product in 2 years and have raised $91m and have ~180 people?
Who do you want to bet on? Brightcove seems arrogant and bloated like Microsoft, and Delve seems smart, nimble, and fast like Google.
The new interface looks stunning with some new innovative features. The revamp of video player customization interface looks great.
It looks like they dumped their reports functionality from what I can see in the screenshots. Doesn’t matter much I guess since what they had before was very weak.
i quite like them!
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It’s a shame the economic options don’t allow pay-per-view
Seems like the most stable network on the net. Keep it coming.
Uhh.. this is such an obvious product placement advertisement for Brightcove.
Yeah, no kidding. “Leaked” by their PR team.
you guys dont know what is leaked like most of other comments have stated. leaked is the process of releasing content without the content owner approval. gta iv, halo was leaked this isnt leaked.
Come one, leaked screenshots? I’ve working with the Brightcove 3 Beta like 2 months, there are no leaked images here.
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Encouraging publishers to provide detailed meta data on their videos can be really helpful.
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>>Who do you want to bet on? Brightcove seems arrogant and
>>bloated like Microsoft, and Delve seems smart, nimble,
>>and fast like Google.
Except no one has ever heard of Delve. Brightcove’s PR, marketing and client base blows away Delve.
Seriously.
Who the f*ck has ever heard of delve. Show me a customer list somewhere. They are very late to the game, and frankly the only seats that are left are at the childrens table. Good luck.
Not much reason to screenshot a terrible Wordpress skin ! )))
lol, leaked. Thanks Invasion Cinema.
And interviewing the company’s CEO 2 weeks after “leaking” their new product is awesome, keep up the good work!
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