Brightcove, Inc. is an American software company based in Boston, Massachusetts, that produces an online video platform.

[4] In March 2006, Brightcove acquired Seattle-based Metastories, makers of StoryMaker, a publishing tool for video, audio, images, and text.

Coinciding with a series of deals with UK media companies, Brightcove opened an office in London in July 2007.

[10] Along with Akamai Technologies, its other partnerships include the ones with Sitecore, Cleeng,[11] FreeWheel, YuMe, Conviva, Oracle, DoubleClick, and other organizations.

[15] In December 2005, Brightcove partnered with Reuters to create a program to syndicate customized news video players.

In 2007, Brightcove capitalized on a trend of magazine and newspaper publishers expanding into online video[18] by signing deals with print media companies including Time Inc., TV Guide, and Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive.

Since then, a number of television and cable media companies have begun to use Brightcove as an alternate, non-exclusive distribution channel for their video content.

The app allows 15,000 members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences who vote on the Emmy awards to gain authenticated access to view NBC's programs.

[26][27] Upon his retirement in February 2022, Ray was succeeded by Marc DeBevoise, former president of CBS Interactive and Chief Digital Officer of ViacomCBS.