Brightcove Partner Review

Blog for Tuesday July 11
Review two of the Brightcove partners and compare and contrast how they are implementing the technology

CODE.TV
The concept for using streaming video on this site is smart because CODE.TV is all about being a virtual guide to the city of New York. As it says in its intro video, it identifies places that you can read about or "actually see" by visiting the site. The streaming screen on my monitor is about 4x6. Unfortunately, the video quality is shoty. The screen is pixilated and the color quality is quite poor. There is a lot of movement and color in their footage, which might be why they chose a lower quality to achieve a higher speed. Either way... not so good. There were also a couple of instances where video buffering took place in the middle of the video. The audio was okay, but there was a lot of background noise and the volume was inconsistent. From one sentence to the next, the difference in volume was less than subtle.

Discovery
Discovery's use of video streaming was a major improvement over CODE.TV in my opinion. The streaming screen was about 3x4. The color quality and clear picture added so much to their story. The video was about the melting of a glacier in Patagonia, and was gorgeous. The only part that became pixilated was when severe movements took place. The sound was also excellent and clean. It is clear that they have put their best resources forward for a quality result.