Non-controlling Interest

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

3. Non-controlling Interest

On May 30, 2008 the Company formed Brightcove KK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brightcove Inc. On July 18, 2008, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with J-Stream Inc, (J-Stream) Dentsu, Inc., (Dentsu) CyberCommunications, Inc. and Transcosmos Investments & Business Development, Inc. (collectively, the minority stockholders). The minority stockholders invested cash of approximately $4.8 million in Brightcove KK such that their cumulative ownership interest in the entity was 37%, while the Company retained a 63% interest in the entity. The Company determined that it had a controlling interest and was the primary beneficiary of the entity. As such, the Company consolidated Brightcove KK for financial reporting purposes, and a non-controlling interest was recorded for the third parties’ interest in the net assets and operations of Brightcove KK to the extent of the non-controlling partners’ individual investments.

On January 8, 2013, the Company acquired the remaining 37% interest in Brightcove KK and, as a result, Brightcove KK is now 100% owned by the Company. The purchase price of the remaining equity interest was approximately $1.1 million and was funded by cash on hand. The Company continues to consolidate Brightcove KK for financial reporting purposes, however, commencing on January 8, 2013, the Company no longer records a non-controlling interest in the condensed consolidated financial statements. The purchase was accounted for as an equity transaction in accordance with ASC 810, Consolidation. Accordingly, the non-controlling interest in the consolidated subsidiary on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet was reduced to zero on the transaction date to reflect the Company’s increased ownership percentage, with the excess of the non-controlling interest balance on the date of the acquisition over the $1.1 million purchase price recorded as additional-paid-in-capital.

Non-controlling interest represents the minority shareholders’ proportionate share of the Company’s majority owned subsidiary, Brightcove KK. The following table sets forth the changes in non-controlling interest for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Balance at beginning of period	$	1,842		$	1,108
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiary		20			52
Purchase of non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiary		(1,862	)

Balance at end of period	$	—		$	1,160

- Definition

The entire disclosure for noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries, which could include the name of the subsidiary, the ownership percentage held by the parent, the ownership percentage held by the noncontrolling owners, the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the location of this amount on the balance sheet (when not reported separately), an explanation of the increase or decrease in the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the noncontrolling interest share of the net Income or Loss of the subsidiary, the location of this amount on the income statement (when not reported separately), the nature of the noncontrolling interest such as background information and terms, the amount of the noncontrolling interest represented by preferred stock, a description of the preferred stock, and the dividend requirements of the preferred stock.

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