In a move that extends the capabilities and reach of two leading online video and mobile platforms, Brightcove and Qik have announced a new partnership that brings Qik, the popular live mobile broadcasting platform, into the fold of the Brightcove Alliance, a global ecosystem of more than 160 technology, distribution and solution providers who have intergrated with Brightcove's global online video platform. What that means is that Qik users who have a Brightcove account can now distribute their pre-recorded mobile video content within the Brightcove player and existing Brightcove customers can now have mobile video as a new source of UGC content. In a guest post on the Brightcove blog, Qik Co-founder Bhaskar Roy said, "We're excited to announce our new partnership with Brightcove, the world's number one online video platform. Brightcove's on-demand platform lets its customers publish and distribute video across websites, social networks and video portals. Brightcove also provides monetization options for customers through integration with advertising servers and networks. With today's partnership announcement, Qik's mobile video capabilities can now be easily integrated into Brightcove's online video publishing and distribution workflow." "Brightcove, meanwhile, can now offer its customers the ability to upload videos from more than 130 mobile phones, including models from AT&T, BlackBerry, Motorola, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, and Verizon," noted Bill Greenwood on Streamingmedia.com, "Currently, live mobile videos cannot be streamed through Brightcove, but that ability is expected to be added shortly, according to Roy." This capability could open the floodgates for a new workflow for citizen journalism, as Andy Plesser pointed out, "This could be in important development in so called "citizen journalism," allowing users to upload directly from mobile devices to newspapers sites including The New York Times and the Washington Post, both which are powered by Brightcove." To celebrate the laun...