CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 13 --
- More than 800 hours of high quality, premium, advertising-supported video
content available
Brightcove Inc., the leading online video platform, today announced that Fox
Latin American Channels has chosen to build its online VOD service on the
Brightcove platform. Brightcove is enabling Fox Latin American Channels to
deliver more than 800 hours of premium, advertising-supported, long-form video
content in Spanish and Portuguese from some of the network’s most popular
shows through its Mundo Fox portal (http://www.mundofox.com and
http://www.mundofox.com.br). In the short time since launching the new online
VOD initiative on June 16th, Fox Latin American Channels has already generated
1.5 million unique users and 2.5 million page views for Mundo Fox.
We’re proud to expand our online video offering to include premium and
long-form content particularly as demand from consumers and advertisers grows
throughout Latin America, said Pablo Silva, vice president of global online
publishing of Fox International Channels. This is not about just publishing
videos online, added Silva. Our long-term goal is to become one of the most
popular and profitable video destinations in our markets, propelled by our
flagship TV properties and brands as well as platforms such as Brightcove.
Brightcove’s long-form delivery capabilities enable Fox Latin American
Channels to deliver up to HD-quality full episodes and clips of popular series
like 24, Family Guy and Burn Notice from a range of channels and properties,
including 20th Century Fox, Fox, FX and National Geographic. Brightcove also
provides the best user experience possible by optimizing video delivery for any
end user network condition.
We’re excited to work with Fox Latin American Channels as they continue
to expand their long-form on-demand offerings, which include some of the most
highly sought after entertainment programming on the Web, said Jeremy Allaire,
Brightcove’s chairman and chief executive officer. Fox Latin American
Channels continues to be at the forefront of innovation when it comes to online
video and on-demand viewing, and we’re proud that the Brightcove online
video platform has been chosen to support their ongoing efforts in Latin America
and around the world.
Fox Latin American Channel runs and operates channels, websites, original
production and monetization for a variety of network brands in Latin America,
including Fox, FX, Fox Life, Fox Sports, Fox News, National Geographic Channel,
National Geographic Music, Universal Channel, Hallmark Channel, Utilisima, SPEED
Channel, Baby TV Channel, .Fox Networks, BienSimple, Fox Toma 1 and Fox
Telecolombia. Fox Latin American Channels and Fox International Channels are
wholly owned by The News Corporation Limited (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS,
NWSLV).
About Brightcove
Brightcove is an online video platform. Media companies, businesses and
organizations worldwide use Brightcove to publish and distribute video on the
Web. Founded in 2004, Brightcove is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business with
offices across North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit
http://www.brightcove.com.
SOURCE: Brightcove Inc.
North America, Erika Shaffer of SutherlandGold Group, +1-206-972-5514,
erika@sutherlandgold.com; or Europe, Stephen Orr of AxiCom, +44-20-8392-4056,
stephen.orr@axicom.com, both for Brightcove
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