Akamai’s Paul Sagan to Present Keynote at Brightcove PLAY 2012

BOSTON, May 8, 2012 -

  • WHAT: Akamai President and Chief Executive Officer, Paul Sagan, will present during the opening keynote session at Brightcove PLAY 2012, Brightcove’s annual global customer conference. A broadband and digital media industry pioneer, Sagan has helped build Akamai into the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere. Prior to Akamai, Sagan was president and editor of new media at Time Inc., and previously founded Road Runner, the world’s first broadband cable modem service. He was appointed by President Obama to serve on the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, and is also a three-time Emmy Award winner for broadcast journalism.
  • WHERE: Brightcove PLAY 2012, InterContinental Boston Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
  • WHEN: June 25 - 27, 2012
  • REGISTER: Registration for the Brightcove PLAY 2012 global customer conference is now open at http://play.brightcove.com. A discounted early bird registration rate is available through May 15, providing a $500 savings off of the full conference fee.
  • COMMUNITY: For regular updates on speakers, session topics, and to connect to the Brightcove PLAY community, follow @BrightcovePLAY on Twitter, “like” Brightcove PLAY on Facebook, and RSVP on LinkedIn.

About Brightcove
Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV), a leading global provider of cloud content services, provides a family of products used to publish and distribute the world’s professional digital media. The company’s products include Brightcove Video Cloud, the market-leading online video platform, and Brightcove App Cloud, a pioneering content app platform. More than 4,200 customers in over 50 countries rely on Video Cloud to build and operate media experiences across PCs, smartphones, tablets and connected TVs. For more information, visit http://www.brightcove.com.

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AxiCom for Brightcove
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