Blackbird PLC A+E Networks doubles deal with Blackbird (5237H)
25 March 2020 - 7:10PM
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Blackbird PLC
25 March 2020
25 March 2020
Blackbird plc
(the "Company")
A+E Networks(R) doubles video edited through Blackbird
New York and London - Blackbird plc (AIM: BIRD), developer and
seller of the market-leading cloud video editing platform,
announced today that A+E Networks(R) will double the volume edited
through the Blackbird platform to both enable a significant
expansion of remote video production capability, while ensuring the
overall safefy of its editors who will now be able to work even
more effectively, remotely.
A+E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst and Disney, has a
portfolio of global brands that includes A&E(R), HISTORY(R),
Lifetime(R), LMN(R), fyi(R) and Viceland(R). The international
media network first incorporated Blackbird within its
infrastructure for a range of key cloud video production workflows
in June 2019 - delivering major productivity enhancements across
its operations.
This latest expansion sees A+E Networks double the volume of
file-based content available to its production teams for access
through Blackbird. The visibility, immediacy and management of A+E
Network's entire video archive will be significantly accelerated
for the repurposing of content. Production teams will use Blackbird
to rapidly ingest, view, edit and publish content using a choice of
hybrid workflows - on-premise through the Blackbird cloud as well
as on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud.
Blackbird will also enable A+E Networks' entire production team
to work remotely and collaboratively offsite. Production staff will
have access to Blackbird's professional suite of editing tools in a
browser from home or anywhere else as needed - even on low
bandwidth.
A+E Networks SVP Production Operations, Ed Russo said: "We have
moved swiftly to enable our video production teams to work safely
and remotely. Blackbird gives us all the tools needed to do this by
providing professional grade cloud video editing and publishing
capabilities in a browser, even under low bandwidth
conditions."
Blackbird CEO, Ian McDonough, said: "A+E Networks and Blackbird
have been building a very strong partnership this past year. As
changes to working practices rapidly come into force, we will be
there to fully support them as we will the rest of our global
client base."
Blackbird drives awareness, reach and monetisation for brands in
the sports, news, entertainment and enterprise sectors. Customers
include IMG, Deltatre, Peloton, TownNews, Eleven Sports and the U.S
Department of State.
Contacts:
Blackbird plc Tel: +44 (0)20 8879
7245
Ian McDonough, Chief Executive Officer
Adrian Lambert, Marketing Director
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser Tel: +44 (0)20 3328
and Broker) 5656
Nick Naylor
Nicholas Chambers
About Blackbird plc
Blackbird operates in the fast-growing SaaS and cloud video
market, and has created the world's most advanced suite of
cloud-native computing applications for video, all underpinned by
its lightning-fast codec. Blackbird's patented technology allows
for frame accurate navigation, playback, viewing and editing in the
cloud. Blackbird underpins multiple applications, which are used by
rights holders, broadcasters, sports and news video specialists,
esports, live events and content owners, post-production houses,
other mass market digital video channels and corporations.
Since it is cloud-native, Blackbird removes the need for costly,
high end workstations and can be used from almost anywhere on
almost any device. It also allows full visibility on multi-location
digital content, improves time to market for live content such as
video clips and highlights for social media distribution, and
ultimately results in much more effective monetisation.
Blackbird(R) is a registered trademark of Blackbird plc.
Websites
www.blackbird.video
Social media
www.linkedin.com/company/blackbird-cloud
www.twitter.com/blackbirdcloud
www.facebook.com/blackbirdplc
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