As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2019

Registration No. 333-            

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

BRIGHTCOVE INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

290 Congress Street

Boston, MA 02210

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Brightcove Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

Jeff Ray

Chief Executive Officer

Brightcove Inc.

290 Congress Street

Boston, MA 02210

(Name and Address of Agent For Service)

(888) 882-1880

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

Copy to:

William J. Schnoor, Esq.

Joseph C. Theis, Esq.

Goodwin Procter LLP

100 Northern Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(617) 570-1000

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed for the purposes of registering 1,464,655 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) of Brightcove Inc. (the “Registrant”) that may be issued pursuant to the Brightcove Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”). The number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2012 Plan is subject to an automatic annual increase on each January 1, by an amount equal to 4% of the number of shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31, unless the Registrant’s overhang exceeds 30% on such December 31. Accordingly, on January 1, 2019, the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2012 Plan increased by 1,464,655. This Registration Statement hereby registers these additional 1,464,655 shares of Common Stock. The additional shares are of the same class as other securities relating to the 2012 Plan for which the Registrant’s registration statement filed on Form S-8 on March 7, 2012 (SEC File No. 333-179966) is effective. The information contained in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-179966) is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E.

Part I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Part II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

See the Exhibit Index on the following page for a list of exhibits filed as part of this registration statement, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

EXHIBIT INDEX

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 21st day of February, 2019.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Brightcove Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Robert Noreck and David Plotkin, and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them for him and in his name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on the 21st day of February, 2019.

Exhibit 5.1

February 21, 2019

Brightcove Inc.

290 Congress Street

Boston, MA 02210

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to you in connection with your filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on or about the date hereof relating to an aggregate of 1,464,655 shares (the “Shares”) of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share ( “Common Stock”), of Brightcove Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), that may be issued pursuant to the Company’s 2012 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

We have reviewed such documents and made such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate to give the opinions set forth below. We have relied, without independent verification, on certificates of public officials and, as to matters of fact material to the opinion set forth below, on certificates of officers of the Company.

The opinion set forth below is limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

For purposes of the opinion set forth below, we have assumed that no event occurs that causes the number of authorized shares of Common Stock available for issuance by the Company to be less than the number of then unissued Shares.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, upon issuance and delivery against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Brightcove Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan of our reports dated February 21, 2019, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Brightcove Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Brightcove Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.