# Report: Google to acquire Brightcove for $500 to 700 million - Host: [venturebeat.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/venturebeat.com/) - Saved: September 16, 2009 (2009-09-16T19:14:13Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/12eba8859a9e/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/12eba8859a9e.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) Google may be in talks to acquire video company Brightcove for between $500 and 700 million, according to PBS’ Mark Glaser. Brightcove, which gives media outlets and other businesses a platform to deliver online video, declined to comment. Such an acquisition would give the search giant Brightcove’s technology plus its relationships with content providers from The New York Times to Universal Music Group as it pushes YouTube toward profitability. The company’s CEO Jeremy Allaire was in San Francisco Bay Area last week to promote Brightcove’s alliance of distribution and technology partners. Brightcove has raised $91 million to date from investors including General Catalyst Partners and AOL. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Apple’s $29 Snow Leopard OS forgoes wows in favor of customer retention](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1e02e593a171/) (venturebeat.com, August 24, 2009) - [EA’s chief creative officer describes game industry’s re-engineering](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/4ac80977f0a3/) (venturebeat.com, August 26, 2009) - [Automattic acquires spellchecking company After the Deadline](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/70887c1ba993/) (venturebeat.com, September 8, 2009) - [Twitter reveals one more branch of its retention strategy](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/04a915d22792/) (venturebeat.com, September 10, 2009) - [Sorry, Sidekick users: it’s probably time to say a good-bye for good to all your contacts](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/235313b287e9/) (venturebeat.com, October 12, 2009) ## Saved the same week - [Lightroom 2.5 and Camera Raw 5.5 Now Available](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/06446aced577/) (blogs.adobe.com, September 15, 2009) - [Google Buys reCAPTCHA To Aid Book Digitization](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5066e6c268b3/) (gigaom.com, September 16, 2009) - [On Twitter: What's Valuation Got to Do With Revenue?](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/4a4beb42cda5/) (readwrite.com, September 16, 2009) - [Javascript Nintendo emulator](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9f4158d0f672/) (kottke.org, September 17, 2009) - [Small copy changes like this, to action words (imperatives)...](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/94d3f708f33d/) (mac.finerthingsin.com, September 18, 2009) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://venturebeat.com/2009/09/16/report-google-to-acquire-brightcove-for-500-to-700-million/