Brightcove Hires Veteran Media Executive to Head Its European Sales Operations
September 14 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Allen Dickson joins as vice president of Media,
EMEA, after successful stints at RealNetworks, Rhapsody (Napster),
and Nielsen
Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV), the leading provider of cloud
services for video, today announced the hiring of Allen Dickson as
vice president of media, EMEA. Dickson will lead the Media business
in Europe, which includes responsibility for new and existing Media
business across the region.
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Allen Dickson at the Brightcove
headquarters in Boston. (Photo: Business Wire)
Dickson brings 15 years of experience working with European
customers in executive roles at technology and digital media
companies like RealNetworks, Rhapsody (Napster), and Nielsen.
Previous to joining Brightcove, Dickson spent 10 years in a variety
of leadership roles at RealNetworks, a provider of Internet
streaming media delivery software and services. In his most recent
role, Dickson was vice president of media entertainment for
RealNetworks in Europe and worked with a broad spectrum of mobile
customers to deliver digital music services. Focusing on the
distribution and adoption of the new personal media cloud service,
Dickson worked to resolve the complexity of video while pioneering
story creation automation by intelligently combining location,
photos, video, and music.
“We are thrilled to have Allen on board to oversee our existing
business while working to aggressively grow our Media business in
Europe. Throughout his career, Allen has continually proven his
ability to build teams across the region and execute on goals,”
Mark Blair, senior vice president, international at Brightcove,
said. “He brings an impressive track record with vast knowledge and
experience in the video ecosystem including codecs, encoding,
streaming and player software technology. As we continue take this
journey with our media customers to improve the user experience,
reduce costs, and increase revenue potential, we look forward to
harnessing Allen’s experience.”
“After multiple leadership positions at RealNetworks, I am
excited to be making the move to Brightcove to lead the Media
Business in Europe,” Dickson said. “As the demand for streaming
video and delivering TV-like experiences grows stronger than ever,
I look forward to working with the team across the region and
globally to deliver truly unique experiences for our customers
while working to address the challenges at hand.”
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About BrightcoveBrightcove Inc. (NASDAQ:BCOV) is the
leading global provider of powerful cloud solutions for delivering
and monetizing video across connected devices. The company offers a
full suite of products and services that reduce the cost and
complexity associated with publishing, distributing, measuring and
monetizing video across devices. Brightcove has thousands of
customers in over 70 countries that rely on the company’s cloud
solutions to successfully publish high-quality video experiences to
audiences everywhere. To learn more, visit www.brightcove.com.
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