Product Release Notes

Below are recent product updates for January - March 2023

Video Cloud

Feature: Salesforce Sales Cloud Integration

Product Area: Integrations

Date: 17-March-2023

Description: This integration connects Video Cloud to Salesforce Sales Cloud to update Contacts with insights into their video viewing.

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Feature: Shopify Integration

Product Area: Integrations

Date: 17-March-2023

Description: Brightcove's integration with Shopify allows you to find, manage, and modify your Brightcove Video Cloud videos within your Shopify store dashboard.

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Date: 3-March-2023

Description: In this topic you will learn about the features available in the Immersion Portal template.

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Feature: Upload button added to media module

Product Area: Managing Videos

Date: 10-February-2023

Description: Documented new Upload button

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Feature: Brightcove-host Kollective integrations

Product Area: eCDN Integrations

Date: 27-January-2023

Description: Put this in a separate page because it applies both to Brightcove-hosted and self-hosted implementations

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Feature: Sitecore Connector

Product Area: Integrations

Date: 6-January-2023

Description: New release for Sitecore 10.2

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Brightcove Player

Feature: New download button plugin for Brightcove Player

Product Area: Plugins

Date: 31-March-2023

Description: In this topic, you will learn about the download plugin for Brightcove Player. This plugin will allow you to download an mp4 file of the video or a text file of the video transcript.

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Feature: Interactivity

Product Area: Plugins

Date: 31-March-2023

Description: In this topic, you will learn about using the interactivity plugin to allow usage of Brightcove Interactivity functionality.

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Feature: Support for Google Analytics 4

Product Area: Google analytics

Date: 31-March-2023

Description: Updated for support of Google Analytics 4

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Feature: Interactivity

Product Area: Plugins

Date: 31-March-2023

Description: Added interactivity_project_id to the list of properties

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Feature: Advertising Monetization

Product Area: Advertising

Date: 10-March-2023

Description: In this topic, you will learn what Brightcove Ad Monetization is and how Brightcove supports your monetization journey with this managed service.

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Feature: New major version of 360°/VR Video Plugin

Product Area: Plugins

Date: 24-February-2023

Description: Updates due to the new major version is compatible with Brightcove Player 7

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Device SDKs

Feature: SSAI Open Measurement

Product Area: Native SDK for Android

Date: 31-March-2023

Description: In this topic, you will learn how to take advantage of the IAB Open Measurement SDK with the SSAI plugin for the Brightcove Native SDK for Android.

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Feature: iOS/tvOS SDK release 6.12.1

Product Area: Native SDK for iOS

Date: 31-March-2023

Description: Native SDK for iOS release 6.12.1

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Feature: Android SDK release 8.1.0

Product Area: Native SDK for Android

Date: 31-March-2023

Description: Native SDK for Android release 8.1.0

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Feature: Android SDK release 8.0.1

Product Area: Native SDK for Android

Date: 17-March-2023

Description: Native SDK for Android release 8.0.1

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Feature: iOS/tvOS SDK release 6.12.0

Product Area: Native SDK for iOS

Date: 20-January-2023

Description: Updated for iOS SDK release 6.12.0

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Feature: Android SDK release 8.0.0

Product Area: Native SDK for Android

Date: 13-January-2023

Description: In this topic, you will learn about the new functionality provided by the Brightcove Native SDK for Android version 8.0.0.

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Feature: Audio-only support with Android SDK release 8.0.0

Product Area: Native SDK for Android

Date: 13-January-2023

Description: Added audio-only support for Native SDK for Android v8.0.0

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Live

SSAI

Beacon

Feature: DVR functionality

Product Area: Live Streaming

Date: 10-March-2023

Description: In this topic, you will learn how to configure Brightcove Live using DVR functionality.

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Feature: DVR Functionality

Product Area: Live Streaming

Date: 10-March-2023

Description: In this topic, you will learn about features for Player E when playing live events, and live events with DVR.

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Feature: Live Event TVOD with Evergent

Product Area: Monetization

Date: 10-March-2023

Description: Updated for support of Live Event TVOD with Evergent and Stripe

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Feature: Evergent TVOD

Product Area: Monetization

Date: 10-February-2023

Description: Added support for Evergent payment method with TVOD

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Feature: Brightcove Player Plugins can be used in Beacon web apps

Product Area: Player E Web Apps

Date: 20-January-2023

Description: In this topic, you will learn which Brightcove Player plugins are compatible with the different player instances used in Beacon web apps.

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Feature: Player E adds new features to Beacon apps on all platforms

Product Area: VOD and Live video playback

Date: 20-January-2023

Description: In this topic, you will learn how to choose the Player E for your Beacon apps, and features of that player.

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Feature: 3D Secure Authentication

Product Area: Monetization

Date: 13-January-2023

Description: In this topic, you will learn how to use Stripe 3D Secure authentication with Brightcove Beacon apps.

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Audience Insights

Feature: Salesforce Sales Cloud Integration

Product Area: Integrations

Date: 24-March-2023

Description: This integration connects Audience Insights to Salesforce Sales Cloud to update Contacts with insights into their video viewing.

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Feature: Brightcove live channel metrics

Product Area: Linear insights

Date: 27-January-2023

Description: In this topic, you will learn how Brightcove live channel metrics are displayed in the Engagement & Subscriber Insights.

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Brightcove Interactivity

CorpTV

Zencoder