Brightcove and TiVo sign deal to bring Brightcove videos to TV
Ever since Prismix provided Flex services to Brightcove during the past year, I've been keeping a keen eye on how they're doing. I for one think they've got a great offering and can't wait to see their service everywhere.
Well, today I heard (via ericd.net) that TiVo and Brightcove have signed a deal to bring videos from Brightcove's customers to TV. This is definitely a massive step in bringing Internet TV from PC to your TV.
Quote from news.com:
TiVo has inked an agreement that will let subscribers get videos from Brightcove on their digital video recorders in a deal that effectively lets select Web sites get onto your TV.Brightcove specializes in tools for publishing and distributing video on the Web. Customers include Farmers' Almanac TV, National Lampoon, Barrio 365 and Shipwreck Central. Late last year, AOL and a few others invested $16 million in the company.
The alliance between the two will automate a way for these publishers to get their goods viewed on TV. Put another way, TiVo is serving as a broadcaster for networks like Expo TV--which concentrates on product news and trade shows--that don't have a time slot, or a good one, on a cable network.
"If it's on Brightcove, you'll be able to watch it on your TV using TiVo," Jeremy Alliare, Brightcove's CEO, said in a statement.
Being a Windows Media Center user, I can't wait until there is an Brightcove offering there. I guess we'll just have to watch this space.
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