Comments on: Brightcove IPOs, stock closes up 30% http://gigaom.com/2012/02/17/brightcove-ipo-stock-up/ Mon, 20 May 2013 11:28:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Shakir Razak http://gigaom.com/2012/02/17/brightcove-ipo-stock-up/#comment-810949 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:56:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=486563#comment-810949 Hi,

I wonder if it needed to list/IPO as a pre-condition for an acquisition, either by one of the portals, the CDN’s or the likes of Real Networks, or maybe even a merger/acquisition of its own for technology/market segment.

If a company like Yahoo was to buy it, it might not be transformative, but it would add to the video ad-inventory for direct sales, vertically-integrated for all those clients. If relationships and reach matter.

Of course, it could just be that no one was going to stump up any more investment capital, but then everyone from Cisco-down knows that online video is the future of online media revenues.

Kind regards,

Shakir Razak

]]> By: Al Cox http://gigaom.com/2012/02/17/brightcove-ipo-stock-up/#comment-810789 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:12:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=486563#comment-810789 up 30%… can’t wait to see the price drop and go back up and then eventually stabilize someone below where it opened

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