Check out - Bitly.tv
Nice new site from the folks at Bit.ly to showcase popular videos based on their twitter mentions. Chances are, if you are like me, you are pummeled daily by friends and co-workers with the latest and greatest that viral video has to offer... if not, or if you just need a little instant levity, I would recommend bookmarking this page ;).
I really enjoyed this article over on Silicon Alley Insider, the commentary and Henry's sweet double-negative quote which pretty much says it all. "I see almost no chance that this is NOT the future of the TV business." Similar to something our founder Jeremy Allaire said to me in late 2004 when he convinced me to leave Comcast for what would become Brightcove. TV of the near-future, which is already here for some, will look a whole lot more like the rest of the Internet than TV of today.
As we near the end of 2009, we'd like to take a moment to wish all of our customers, partners, employees and industry friends a very happy holiday season and to thank all of you for your continued support. 2009 was certainly another banner year for Brightcove and we owe a lot of that success to all of you. Your continued feedback and guidance is extremely important to us and will continue to be so in the New Year.
This month's Site of The Month (SOTM) goes to the Société Générale Careers video portal built by our French partners Hub Sales. The WebTV team at Hub Sales was presented the challenge of making the recruitment process for the world renowned bank and financial institution more engaging and informative for the prospective candidates. With the added challenge of presenting the
Brightcove 3 players offer optional cross-promotion of related, newest and most viewed videos within the information screen. This screen can be displayed as an end-cap when a video completes. Now, you can dynamically and programmatically control what videos are surfaced in these lists. Check out this new help topic, which describes how to use the new Player API methods, released with Brightcove 3.2, that control which additional videos get displayed.