Blackboard and Kaltura Partner to Offer Rich-Media Tools to Educational Institutions

Blackboard Inc. BBBB and Kaltura today announced a partnership to distribute Kaltura's rich media solution within the Blackboard Learn™ platform. With the partnership, Blackboard Learn users can now activate and try out the Kaltura Video Blackboard Building Block™ to experience Kaltura's full range of advanced video and rich-media capabilities for both desktop and mobile devices, without leaving their existing Blackboard® environment. The announcement was made at BbWorld®, Blackboard's annual user conference being held in Las Vegas this week. With the partnership, Kaltura becomes a Blackboard Premier Partner™ in the Blackboard Partnerships Program™. "We are honored to enter this partnership with such a leader in education technology," said Ron Yekutiel, Kaltura's Chairman & CEO. "Hundreds of universities and colleges across the globe are already using the various video tools and applications in Kaltura's Cross Campus Media Suite, including 15 of the top 20 schools in America. We look forward to expanding our reach further through this partnership with Blackboard, while allowing educational institutions to enhance their learning results by using integrated video inside the LMS."