Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2012
Revenue:
Subscription and support revenue	$ 23,777	[1]	$ 18,836	[1]
Professional services and other revenue	944	[1]	1,108	[1]
Total revenue	24,721	[1]	19,944	[1]
Cost of revenue:
Cost of subscription and support revenue	6,747	[2],[3]	5,195	[2],[3]
Cost of professional services and other revenue	1,667	[2],[3]	1,169	[2],[3]
Total cost of revenue	8,414	[2],[3]	6,364	[2],[3]
Gross profit	16,307		13,580
Operating expenses:
Research and development	5,061	[2],[3]	4,177	[2],[3]
Sales and marketing	9,947	[2],[3]	9,008	[2],[3]
General and administrative	4,626	[2],[3]	3,637	[2],[3]
Merger-related	545	[2],[3]
Total operating expenses	20,179	[2],[3]	16,822	[2],[3]
Loss from operations	(3,872)		(3,242)
Other expense, net	(299)		(263)
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiary	(4,171)		(3,505)
Provision for income taxes	38		29
Consolidated net loss	(4,209)		(3,534)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiary	(20)		(52)
Net loss attributable to Brightcove Inc.	(4,229)		(3,586)
Accretion of dividends on redeemable convertible preferred stock			(733)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$ (4,229)		$ (4,319)
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders - basic and diluted	$ (0.15)		$ (0.27)
Weighted-average number of common shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders - basic and diluted	28,023,708		15,842,743

[1] Includes related party revenue (Note 10) $ 42 $ 880

[2] Stock-based compensation included in above line items: Cost of subscription and support revenue $ 68 $ 20 Cost of professional services and other revenue 51 22 Research and development 320 81 Sales and marketing 575 252 General and administrative 685 572

[3] Amortization of acquired intangible assets included in above line items: Cost of subscription and support revenue $ 253 $ - Research and development 10 - Sales and marketing 167 -