We are very excited to report that Brightcove has once again been named to the annual EContent 100 list. The EContent 100 honors the companies that have made a significant impact on the world of digital content and digital publishing in the past year. Honorees include publishers and content creators, as well as companies that support the infrastructure and technology of digital content. 

Our team in Japan announced today that Toshiba Corporation has adopted the Brightcove Video Cloud online video platform for its official ad portal website, "TOSHIBA AD SCOPE". The ad portal contains not only Japanese ads but also commercial messages and graphic ads from overseas.

The Brightcove KK team and our partner J-Stream in Japan recently announced that Seiko Watch Corporation is leveraging Brightcove Video Cloud to support the launch of its global video portal, SEIKO TV.  SEIKO TV features a variety of video content, including Seiko Watch's different collections, recent events, major sponsorships and some of the interesting technologies behind Seiko Watches. 

Tomorrow, our regional sales director for Spain, Portugal and Latin America, Nicolas Amado, will be presenting two sessions at the BDigital Apps event in Barcelona. BDigital Apps is a national congress focused on applications for mobile devices. It is organized by the Barcelona Digital Technology Centre. 

We are happy to announce that Brightcove Video Cloud was named the best online video platform in the 2011 Streaming Media Readers' Choice awards, which were announced last night at Streaming Media West.

We are very excited to announce that the second annual Brightcove PLAY global customer conference is set for June 25 - 27 2012 at the InterContinental Hotel in Boston.

Today, our colleagues at Brightcove KK in Japan announced that NHK for Schools, an educational program run by Japan's national public broadcasting organization, became our first customer in Japan to take advantage of digital rights management (DRM) features in the Video Cloud online video platform. 

All eyes for bull riding fans are on Las Vegas this week, where the Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series World Finals kick off on October 26th. Making this extra exciting for us is the fact that the Professional Bull Riders just launched a brand new website last week with a range of new online video content that is powered by the Brightcove Video Cloud online video platform.

Earlier this week we announced that Allomusic, the first French music website to combine free listening with multimedia coverage of artists' news, has chosen the Brightcove Video Cloud online video platform to support all of its online video content and to enhance the look and feel of the site's video section. 

We recently published another new customer case study with International Data Group (IDG), the world's largest technology media, research and event management company. Approximately 200 magazines and newspapers and 460 websites are in the IDG family, including popular technology websites like cio.com, computerworld.com and pcworld.com. 

We are extremely excited about our newest video case study with the National Football League's Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins are one of the most storied franchises in the NFL, with a long history of success and a loyal, energetic fan-base.

Today, Brightcove and TubeMogul released the Online Video & the Media Industry Quarterly Research Report for the first and second quarters of 2011. The report examines online video discovery, usage, and engagement data from a sample of thousands of websites covering newspapers, magazines, online media, broadcasters, and brands. In addition to the quarterly data, this report takes a special look at engagement on mobile devices. 

We are excited to once again participate in the annual Streaming Media Europe event, taking place October 18 - 19 in London. This year, our vice president of new business initiatives, Rags Gupta, will serve as the moderator for what promises to be an interesting, insightful panel session. 

Brightcove is proud to be the exclusive live streaming video partner of the PivotCon 2011 event in New York City, taking place October 17 - 18th. PivotCon 2011 is an event for top brand managers who seek to bridge the gap between their brand and the rising "Social Consumer". The event will deliver the context and understanding that attendees need to redirect marketing dollars, create authentic interactions, and map a strategy of successful engagement with this powerful new market. 

We recently published another solid new case study with the California Academy of Sciences, which is a multifaceted scientific institution committed to cutting edge research, educational outreach and finding new and innovative ways to engage and inspire the public. 

We recently published another great new case study, this time from the great country of Germany. Snack TV Media aggregates premium online video content from many different sources and distributes it to German-speaking audiences throughout the world.

Yesterday we announced that the Prisma Presse group, a major French publisher of magazine and online media, has chosen Brightcove Video Cloud to handle all of its video content. Video Cloud will enable the organization to enhance the value of its video initiatives by tailoring content to each of its sites' specific audiences and themes. 

With 23 hardcopy titles and related online media publications, Prisma Presse sites cover topics ranging from TV, to business, to celebrities and general-interest content.

We recently published a new customer case study with POLITICO, a nonpartisan, Washington-based political journalism organization that covers the Presidency, Congress, the 2012 presidential race, Washington lobbying, and the intersection of politics with Wall Street, the media and personalities. POLITICO content is published online and in print via its newspaper, but is also accessible on mobile devices and tablets. 

SES has recently launched a very cool video portal for the Swedish Hockey League (Elitserien) called “Elitserien Play” using Brightcove Video Cloud.

Once again this year, the Brightcove team will be attending IBC 2011 in full force, which runs from September 8th through the 13th in Amsterdam. We'll have several members from our EMEA team on site throughout the event, and we always look forward to using these opportunities to catch up with our customers and other organizations who want to learn more about Brightcove. 

We are happy to announce a new whitepaper that was published today on the “Brightcove Video Strategy Framework.” Brightcove CEO, Jeremy Allaire, first introduced the Video Strategy Framework at our user conference, Brightcove PLAY, as a guide for deriving the most value from your online video initiatives.

We are very excited today to announce the launch of a new feature on our website, the Brightcove Learning Center, which includes a host of new resources and information on our products and how organizations are using them to advance their business. In the Learning Center you will find customer case studies across a variety of industries, presentations from webinars, whitepapers, new product demo videos, and more.

This week marked a broadcasting first in the UK with the opening match of the FA Cup shown live on Facebook.