The Brightcove Network was a free version of the Brightcove online video platform that was supported by ad revenue generated from third-party ad networks. The Brightcove Network relied on an advertising model where the ad revenue was shared between the publisher, Brightcove and participating ad networks. Participation in the Network was free.

Brightcove Network accounts were shut down on December 17, 2008. Brightcove Network players will be shut down on January 31, 2009. Network publishers can choose to upgrade to Brightcove platform account any time up to January 31, 2009.

Brightcove platform accounts are not affected by the discontinuation of the Brightcove Network.

We decided to discontinue the Network and focus all of our resources on the Brightcove online video platform business, which has proven to be very successful for both Brightcove and our publishers.

Yes. Through January 31, 2009, Network accounts can be easily upgraded to Brightcove platform accounts by purchasing a license for one of the new editions of Brightcove 3. All of the content and players will continue to operate in the upgraded account.

Brightcove 3 is a major new version of the Brightcove online video platform that was launched on October 14, 2008. The new release has a completely re-designed user interface and a wide variety of powerful new features. You can learn more about Brightcove 3 in our product section.

Please contact our sales team to get pricing information and to purchase an upgrade to a Brightcove 3 account.

To get a price quote for upgrading to Brightcove 3, please request contact from our sales team. On November 3rd, Brightcove sent every Network account user an email notifying them of the discontinuation of the Brightcove Network. The most efficient way to request contact from Brightcove sales is to click the link within that email. For reference, Brightcove Basic edition is offered on an annual contract basis at a price that works out to be the equivalent of several hundred dollars per month.

If you purchase any Brightcove 3 edition by January 31, 2009, your existing videos, players and lineups will continue to be available in your account and accessible through the current Brightcove Console as well as the new Brightcove 3 Studio. You will not need to re-upload your videos or re-create your lineups. However, to get the full functionality of Brightcove 3, you will need to create players within the Studio.

All Network accounts were disabled on December 17, 2008. The players will continue to operate until January 31, 2009. On January 31, 2009, all the players published through the Network account will stop playing video. This includes published, syndicated, and virally distributed players as well as feeds.

Yes. Brightcove 3 has a completely new user interface that is significantly easier to use, faster, and more productive than the Brightcove 2 Console, but you can continue to use the Console if you choose.

There was a download tool available until December 17, 2008. If you were not able to download your content, please contact our support team for more information about how to download your content. After January 31, 2009, you will not be able to download your content.

Yes. After January 31, 2009, we plan to delete all content from Network accounts that have not been upgraded.

Final advertising earnings will be processed and paid in Q1 of 2009.

Brightcove Basic is one of the new editions of Brightcove 3. Brightcove Basic is ideal for individuals, small organizations, and departments within larger organizations that are looking for a professional online video platform that is proven, intuitive and affordable.

With Brightcove Basic, you control 100% of your player experience. You can choose to display advertising – or not. You can sign up directly with Tremor's Acudeo video monetization platform and keep 100% of the advertising earnings that are passed to you from Tremor. There are a lot of new features too, including server–side transcoding, faster players, player APIs, Web services APIs, full screen display, and much more.

Basic does not support connecting to ad servers. To sell and traffic your own ads, you'll need a Brightcove Pro or Enterprise account. However, Basic does give you the ability to work with third party ad networks, and it puts you in complete control. Basic is integrated with Tremor Media's Acudeo video monetization platform. Through Acudeo you can connect to a wide variety of ad networks. Brightcove does not share in the revenue that you generate.

If you are a Brightcove Basic edition publisher interested in receiving third party advertising in your video content, please submit a request with Tremor Media at: http://www.tremormedia.com/brightcove_request.php

You will need to provide your Brightcove Account ID, found within the account settings page of the Brightcove Studio. Tremor Acudeo provides access to advertisements from the Tremor Network as well as a variety of other popular video ad networks.

As of December 17, 2008, Brightcove no longer offers a free version of our online video platform.

No. You will have to choose one of your Network accounts to upgrade and then re-upload your content from your other accounts into the account that has been upgraded to Brightcove 3.