Comments on: Brightcove vs. Akamai

By: Norah Chen

Norah Chen — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:30:18 +0000

There are some other companies based in Europe who provides the same service as brightcove, or even more sophisticated service than the one of brightcove.

Sometimes it’s not the service but also the location which gives Brightcove this advantage.

By: The Blogging Times » It’s All About The Commoditization, Baby!

The Blogging Times » It’s All About The Commoditization, Baby! — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:57:48 +0000

[...] Cambridge, MA-based Akamai Technologies, a corporation known for its Internet caching services, is in negotiations to purchase Nine Systems, its West Coast counterpart. Sale price is rumored to be $150 Million with a deal set for as early as tomorrow, and according to Om Malik, definitely by the end of the month. The acquisition would be a wise one for Akamai, given their growing competition from Brightcove, another video streaming company, and since Nine Systems offers certain services, currently unavailable at Akamai. [...]

By: Akamai Alpha No More at Nyquist Capital

Akamai Alpha No More at Nyquist Capital — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:54:35 +0000

[...] I’m writing this post today because I haven’t written anything substantial for a week and a half and readers deserve better. Brightcove, a company I have written about, released their video content distribution platform today (WSJ Link, free article here). It seemed necessary to footnote what I have written before and summarize why I’ve closed the door on Akamai. [...]

By: Ranjit Mathoda

Ranjit Mathoda — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:20:23 +0000

It seems to me that Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, YouTube and BrightCove are all putting significant resources into monetization engines, and are the key players in the service of creating an ecosystem of advertisers that they can display on their own or other’s web pages. I thought Yahoo was a big customer of Akamai, but may be mistaken. If none of the forementioned companies are Akamai customers, it would make sense for Akamai to either develop its own monetization engine or buy a startup in this space.

By: The Inevitable Competition of Akamai and Google

The Inevitable Competition of Akamai and Google — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:01:11 +0000

[...] Our hope was that this would be a proactive move (see ‘Brightcove vs. Akamai‘) and not a reactive move. Given Google’s successfull courtship of major video content producers Akamai needs to react now. [...]

By: Johnny Debacle

Johnny Debacle — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:33:35 +0000

Yeah, it seems like a sensible acquisition for Akamai — I too would like to hear what existing Akamai customers would be “offended”…

I don’t get the sense though that Brightcove really has critical mass yet.

By: Andrew Schmitt

Andrew Schmitt — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:27:48 +0000

Which customers would be offended by Akamai changing it’s business model?

Thanks for contributing.

By: Ranjit Mathoda

Ranjit Mathoda — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 23:24:59 +0000

Brightcove relies on others for hosting. It’s really a matchmaker, between the party with the rights to content, the party providing hosting, and the market of people who wish to further distribute or receive that content. Brightcove is trying to create a marketplace for such video feeds, like a video version of Google’s adsense, then an Akamai, which is trying to solve the problem of making sure content is as locally hosted and well distributed as possible. While it is possible for these features to be combined in one company, the decision for Akamai probably comes down to who does it want its future customer base to be? By doing what Brightcove does, Akamai probably will offend at least part of its customer base. By teaming up with Brightcove, Akamai could have the best of both worlds: a new set of customers who need hosting (from Brightcove) while also teaming up with any of Brightcove’s competitors.