Product Release Notes

Below are recent product updates for April-June 2022

Video Cloud

Feature: Drupal connector for Video Cloud

Product Area: Integrations

Date: 24-June-2022

Description: Updated for version 3.1.0 with support for in-page experiences

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Feature: Ingestion via Aspera

Product Area: Ingestion

Date: 17-June-2022

Description: IBM Aspera is a popular solution for reliable high-speed file transfers. Brightcove offers a simple and flexible solution for adding videos and media assets to Video Cloud using Aspera.

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Feature: Short Manifest TTL

Product Area: Playback API

Date: 10-June-2022

Description: In this topic, you will learn about setting a specific TTL for the manifest URLs.

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Feature: Brightcove Video Connect for the WordPress CMS

Product Area: Wordpress integration

Date: 10-June-2022

Description: New release. Releases page link updated to point to the correct location.

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Feature: Social Module supports publish to LinkedIn

Product Area: Social

Date: 3-June-2022

Description: Added LinkedIn information

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Feature: It is now possible to publish Brightcove videos from Hootsuite

Product Area: Integrations

Date: 27-May-2022

Description: This topic explains how to publish Brightcove videos using Hootsuite.

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Feature: Transcriptions is now a separate array, no longer included in text tracks

Product Area: CMS/Playback APIs

Date: 27-May-2022

Description: Added new Transcriptions field for videos

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Feature: Google Cloud Storage as source file location

Product Area: Dynamic Ingest API

Date: 20-May-2022

Description: Signed Google Cloud Storage URLs are now supported for source files when using Dynamic Ingest.

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Feature: Video Cloud Connector for Sitecore

Product Area: Integrations

Date: 20-May-2022

Description: New release provides enhanced support for Brightcove Players and In-Page Experiences

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Feature: viewer dimension

Product Area: Analytics API

Date: 6-May-2022

Description: Added information about additional metrics that can be retrieved

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Feature: Slates for Cloud Playout channels

Product Area: Cloud Playout

Date: 8-April-2022

Description: Enhancements to slates for Cloud PLayout channels

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Feature: Set hard start time for channel content playback

Product Area: Cloud Playout

Date: 8-April-2022

Description: Set the exact time for channel content playback to begin, and fill time before that with a slate asset

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Feature: Slate asset management

Product Area: Cloud Playout Channels API

Date: 8-April-2022

Description: Add operations for managing slate assets

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Feature: New Release

Product Area: Word Press Connector

Date: 8-April-2022

Description: New release - the documentation now points to releases and documentation on the GitHub repo

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Brightcove Player

Feature: New skin update for Brightcove Players

Product Area: Styling

Date: 17-June-2022

Description: New skin sapphire information added

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Feature: Audio only playback

Product Area: Audio only

Date: 29-April-2022

Description: In this topic, you will learn how to use Brightcove Player with audio-only assets.

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Device SDKs

Feature: Android SDK release 6.18.6

Product Area: Native SDKs for Android

Date: 17-June-2022

Description: Android SDK release 6.18.6

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Feature: Native SDK for Android release 6.18.5

Product Area: Native SDK for Android

Date: 3-June-2022

Description: Android SDK version 6.18.5

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Feature: Android SDK release 6.18.4

Product Area: Native SDK for Android

Date: 27-May-2022

Description: Android SDK release 6.18.4

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Feature: iOS/tvOS SDK 6.10.5

Product Area: Native SDK for iOS

Date: 20-May-2022

Description: Release of iOS SDK 6.10.5

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Feature: Android SDK release 6.18.3

Product Area: Native SDK for Android

Date: 13-May-2022

Description: Android SDK release version 6.18.3

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Feature: iOS/tvOS SDK release 6.10.4

Product Area: Native SDK for iOS

Date: 8-April-2022

Description: Updated for SDK release 6.10.4

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Live

Feature: Rollover for end of "day" cue points

Product Area: Live API - SSAI cue points

Date: 17-June-2022

Description: Rollover feature to interpret cue points added within the last 10 minutes of a 24-hour period as scheduling breaks for the following 24-hour period.

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Feature: Live multiple language audio tracks

Product Area: Multiple Language Audio

Date: 27-May-2022

Description: Updated steps for creating multiple language audio tracks

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Feature: Deprecation of XSLT in Live SSAI Ad Configs

Product Area: SSAI

Date: 29-April-2022

Description: Removed ad_configuration_transforms from schema

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Beacon

Feature: Push Notifications

Product Area: Beacon Apps

Date: 17-June-2022

Description: In this topic, you will learn how to create and send push notifications to the viewers of your Brightcove Beacon apps.

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Feature: Offline Playback with Beacon Apps

Product Area: Offline Playback

Date: 22-April-2022

Description: In this topic, you will learn how to enable and use Offline Playback with your Brightcove Beacon apps.

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Feature: Slates for Cloud Playout channels

Product Area: Cloud Playout

Date: 15-April-2022

Description: Enhancements to slates for Cloud PLayout channels

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Feature: Set hard start time for channel content playback

Product Area: Cloud Playout

Date: 15-April-2022

Description: Set the exact time for channel content playback to begin, and fill time before that with a slate asset

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Feature: Live DRM Supported on Samsung TV

Product Area: https://player.support.brightcove.com/plugins/display-error-messages-plugin.html

Date: 8-April-2022

Description: Live DRM Supported on Samsung TV

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SSAI

Feature: New system variable added

Product Area: SSAI API

Date: 3-June-2022

Description: New system variable description added

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Zencoder

CorpTV

Feature: Slates for Cloud Playout channels

Product Area: Cloud Playout

Date: 15-April-2022

Description: Enhancements to slates for Cloud PLayout channels

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Feature: Set hard start time for channel content playback

Product Area: Cloud Playout

Date: 15-April-2022

Description: Set the exact time for channel content playback to begin, and fill time before that with a slate asset

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Audience Insights

Feature: Brightcove Audience Insights - initial documentation release

Product Area: Audience Insights

Date: 1-April-2022

Description: Brightcove Audience Insights provides deep insights into your viewers to help you run your business effectively

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