British Prime Minister's Office Teams With Brightcove for Government Online Video Initiative

British Prime Minister's Office Teams With Brightcove for Government Online Video Initiative

LONDON, August 12/PRNewswire/ --

- Number10TV Launches to Provide Public Access to Exclusive Video of the
Prime Minister's Speeches, Press Conferences, Media Appearances and News
Archives

Brightcove today announced that the British Prime Minister's Office, 10
Downing Street, will use the company's online video platform to increase the
availability of video content through the official government website,
Number10.gov.uk. As part of this initiative, 10 Downing Street will also
launch a new website channel, Number10TV (
http://www.number10.gov.uk/number-10-tv), which will provide public access to
exclusive video of the Prime Minister's speeches, press conferences, media
appearances, and news archives.

The partnership announced today provides 10 Downing Street with full
access to Brightcove's on-demand platform enabling digital communications
professionals to publish video content for Number10.gov.uk and Number10TV,
manage video distribution through search engines and social networks, and
collect and publish user-submitted video content.

"10 Downing Street has a reputation for embracing new technologies that
increase the flow of information between the Prime Minister's Office and the
British population," said Jeremy Allaire, chairman and chief executive
officer, Brightcove. "We are honoured that Brightcove has been chosen as the
online video platform for 10 Downing Street and to help support communication
that is essential to having an active and engaged citizenry."

Over the coming months, 10 Downing Street plans to use Brightcove to
launch additional online video initiatives.

About Brightcove

Brightcove is the leading online video platform. Media companies,
businesses and organizations worldwide use Brightcove to publish and
distribute video that reaches more than 135 million unique viewers every
month. 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

In July 2007, Brightcove opened its first international office in London,
UK. 10 Downing Street joins a growing list of Brightcove customers based in
the UK, including British Sky Broadcasting, Channel 4, Emap, Guardian News &
Media, Hachette Filipacchi UK, IPC Media, ITV, Sony BMG UK, Telegraph Media
Group, and UKTV.

For more information, visit http://www.brightcove.com

Source: Brightcove

Press Contact: Stephen Orr (AxiCom for Brightcove), +44-20-8392-4056, stephen.orr@axicom.com

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