Former ViacomCBS Digital Chief Marc DeBevoise Named Brightcove CEO

Brightcove Inc. has named former ViacomCBS exec Marc DeBevoise chief govt officer and board director of the software program firm and video platform.

Beforehand chief digital officer of ViacomCBS and CEO and president of CBS Interactive, DeBevoise will start his tenure as Brightcove CEO on March 28. He’s succeeding Brightcove chief Jeff Ray, who introduced final fall he can be retiring from the function this yr.

In his roles at ViacomCBS, DeBevoise led the corporate’s unified streaming, digital, and expertise operations globally and was answerable for the corporate’s direct-to-consumer streaming companies, lots of which he led the founding of, together with Paramount+/CBS All Entry, CBSN, and CBS Sports activities HQ. Previous to ViacomCBS, DeBevoise held management roles at Starz and NBCUniversal.

Final September, DeBevoise and fellow former CBS Corp. exec Joe Ianniello took Argus Capital Corp., their particular goal acquisition automobile, public, elevating about $265 million to amass media, sports activities and entertainment-related properties. Ianniello, the previous chief working officer and CEO of CBS Corp., serves as chairman-CEO of Argus Capital. DeBevoise is president and vice chairman.

DeBevoise joins Brightcove following its latest acquisitions of Wicket Labs and HapYak, and the corporate’s launch of stay and on-demand enterprise streaming communications platform, Brightcove CorpTV, and Brightcove Advertising and marketing Studio.

“Marc is a powerful, proficient chief who has in depth expertise managing giant, numerous groups and positioning them for outsized progress and innovation,” mentioned Deb Besemer, chairman of the Brightcove board. “His profitable tenure as CDO of ViacomCBS and CEO of CBS Interactive, answerable for creating a quickly rising, multi-billion-dollar digital and streaming enterprise, makes him a compelling alternative to guide Brightcove. Our group and prospects will profit significantly from Marc’s expertise.”

DeBevoise added: “We’re nonetheless within the early days of the streaming video and gadget revolutions, particularly when it comes to enterprise adoption. Brightcove allows any enterprise, model, media entity, or content material creator to create and distribute content material on their very own phrases and seize their very own streaming future. There may be merely no higher time to be a distributed, agnostic, video platform. Brightcove is thought for delivering world class scalability, safety, and reliability, all necessities to ship distinctive worth to prospects. I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of this proficient group and stay up for delivering much more innovation for our prospects and their audiences.”