Qik enables mobile video uploads to Brightcove players

Qik, the mobile streaming video company, announced it has joined the Brightcove Alliance, bringing mobile video upload capability and ad support to Brightcove customers. Qik users who have Brightcove accounts can now publish mobile video content with integrated ads through Brightcove players and push their Qik video content out to the Brightcove partner network, according to a blog post by Qik co-founder Bhaskar Roy. As a result of the partnership, Brightcove customers now can upload mobile videos from more than 130 different mobile devices into their Brightcove players.

The companies said support for streaming live mobile video through Brightcove players will be rolled out soon. In a special offer for the announcement of the partnership, new and existing Brightcove customers that sign up for an annual license for Qik integration will receive three months free through July 15, which the companies said is worth $450 in licensing fees.

For more:
- see the Brightcove blog on the topic here 

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