Brightcove to Power Online Streaming Content Across Digital Platforms for the National Hockey League
August 02 2023 - 8:45AM
Business Wire
Brightcove’s Emmy Award-winning platform will
support the delivery of video content on digital platforms across
the League and its 32 Clubs
Brightcove (NASDAQ: BCOV), the world’s leading streaming
technology company, today announced an agreement with the National
Hockey League (NHL®) to provide its award-winning technology and
platform for the delivery of digital video content on the websites
of the League and the 32 Clubs, as well as the NHL app.
“The NHL has selected Brightcove to ensure its fans receive
reliable, high-quality and efficient video streaming, and we’re
thrilled to partner with them to enhance their streaming
capabilities,” said Brightcove CEO Marc DeBevoise. “We look forward
to working with the League to deliver a world-class, seamless
streaming user experience to NHL fans worldwide.”
“We’re delighted to partner with Brightcove to support the
delivery of video content across League digital platforms,” said
Nili Doft, NHL Senior Vice President, Digital Media. “We look
forward to working with Brightcove, who will help us continue to
deliver great experiences for our passionate fans through their
innovative streaming solutions.”
Brightcove’s streaming solutions – including best-in-class
ingest, players, management, data and insights, and monetization –
will transform how the NHL delivers its video to hockey fans across
the globe, including by offering high-quality video, fast load
times and fewer disruptions.
The National Hockey League joins a roster of professional sports
organizations currently deploying Brightcove’s technology to
connect with their fans, including Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Raycom Sports, ATP Tour, Badminton Horse Trials, Canadian Football
League, Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean
Association Football (Concacaf), Harness Racing Victoria, Little
League Baseball and Softball, Major League Soccer, National Hot Rod
Association (NHRA), U.S. Ski & Snowboard, United States Olympic
and Paralympic Committee, United World Wrestling and USA
Volleyball. The addition of the NHL solidifies Brightcove as a
reliable, scalable and flexible partner that works with some of the
most prominent sports entities in the world.
For more information, visit Brightcove.com.
About the NHL The National Hockey League (NHL®), founded
in 1917, consists of 32 Member Clubs. Each team roster reflects the
League’s international makeup with players from more than 20
countries represented, all vying for the most cherished and
historic trophy in professional sports – the Stanley Cup®. Every
year, the NHL entertains more than 670 million fans in-arena and
through its partners on national television and radio; more than
191 million followers - league, team and player accounts combined -
across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube;
and more than 100 million fans online at NHL.com. The League
broadcasts games in more than 160 countries and territories through
its rightsholders including ESPN, WBD Sports and NHL Network in the
U.S.; Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada; Viaplay in the Nordics,
Baltics, and Poland; YLE in Finland; Nova in Czech Republic and
Slovakia; Sky Sports and ProSieben in Germany; MySports in
Switzerland; and CCTV5+ in China; and reaches fans worldwide with
games available to stream in every country. Fans are engaged across
the League’s digital assets on mobile devices via the free NHL®
App; across nine social media platforms; on SiriusXM NHL Network
Radio™; and on NHL.com, available in eight languages and featuring
unprecedented access to player and team statistics as well as every
regular-season and playoff game box score dating back to the
League’s inception, powered by SAP. NHL Original Productions and
NHL Studios produce compelling original programming featuring
unprecedented access to players, coaches and League and team
personnel for distribution across the NHL’s social and digital
platforms.
The NHL is committed to building healthy and vibrant communities
using the sport of hockey to celebrate fans of every race, color,
religion, national origin, gender identity, age, sexual
orientation, and socio-economic status. The NHL’s Hockey Is For
Everyone® initiative reinforces that the official policy of the
sport is one of inclusion on the ice, in locker rooms, boardrooms
and stands. The NHL is expanding access and opportunity for people
of all backgrounds and abilities to play hockey, fostering more
inclusive environments and growing the game through a greater
diversity of participants. To date, the NHL has invested more than
$100 million in youth hockey and grassroots programs, with a
commitment to invest an additional $5 million for diversity and
inclusion programs over the next year.
About Brightcove, Inc. Brightcove creates the world’s
most reliable, scalable, and secure streaming technology solutions
to build a greater connection between companies and their
audiences, no matter where they are or on which devices they
consume content. In more than 60 countries, Brightcove’s
intelligent video platform enables businesses to sell to customers
more effectively, media leaders to stream and monetize content more
reliably, and every organization to communicate with team members
more powerfully. With two Technology and Engineering Emmy® Awards
for innovation, uptime that consistently leads the industry, and
unmatched scalability, we continuously push the boundaries of what
video can do. Follow on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Visit www.brightcove.com.
NHL and the NHL Shield are registered trademarks of the
National Hockey League. © NHL 2023. All Rights Reserved.
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