ComScore recently released their February 2011 US Online Video Rankings numbers, which are always an interesting measure of the state of online video.

Microsoft announced the other day in a blog post that they are firmly backing the use of H.264 (as opposed to WebM) codec in HTML5 native expressions of embedded video. This comes shortly after Google announced that they would not support the MPEG LA licensed standard in its Chrome browser in favor of the open WebM standard.

A few weeks ago, Google released an online guidebook to help answer some of the most basic (and therefore most important!) questions about the nature of the web today. Illustrated by Christoph Niemann and written by the Chrome team, "20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web" is an interactive web-based book built using only HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS.

For years, Brightcove has been a leading voice in the industry promoting best practices and introducing platform features to help media publishers optimize video content for search engine discovery.

Google's release of the new open source, royalty-free WebM video format and VP8 codec is big news today. Brightcove is enthusiastically joining Google, Mozilla, Opera, Adobe, and others in pledging support for WebM. Our COO and CTO are on stage out at Google I/O to tell the crowd what we're up to.  As you will see below, we believe that WebM is changing the landscape of online video in important ways that you'll want to understand.

Are you thinking about integrating with Doubleclick? You may want to check out our new integration that supports DFP ad delivery, as well as VAST and Dynamic Allocation. 

Our very own Chris Johnston and Baljeet Singh, Product Manager of Video Monetization at Google will be giving a webinar this Thursday.  More information about the event:

Google and Brightcove are teaming up to offer a webinar focused on online video distribution and monetization strategies. This free event will be held on Tuesday, March 24th from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT. Presenters will include Chris Johnston, Brightcove's director of technology partnerships, and Baljeet Singh, Google product manager for video monetization. This webinar is free to attend, but space is limited so make sure to RSVP as soon as possible. 

Today, Brightcove announced support for Google AdSense for video, a new contextual advertising product for online video. While Brightcove does not sell advertising, our Internet TV platform has a number of integration points with advertising servers and advertising networks that help our customers monetize video.

The current issue of BusinessWeek examines the departure of Bill Gates from Microsoft's day-to-day operations and asks "which tech industry executives may one day approach his stature?" We were excited to see Jeremy Allaire's name show up along side 12 other technology leaders, including Larry Page

What do you get when you cross unlimited bandwidth, cheap wireless Broadband Internet access, and any TV signal in the world? Many people have been wondering what Google is up to in apparently seeking a mess of dark fiber. Some theorize they are putting financial safeguards into place to control costs of doing business in the future. As Google’s popularity increases, so will delivery costs. This keeps things predictable.

Google's new video upload and search service is a tipping point in the evolution of Internet TV, and more importantly represents increased evidence of a dramatic and radical shift in the role that Google intends to play as a platform for the Internet, and is an inversion of their original value and place on the Internet.