LONDON, Oct. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbird plc (AIM:
BIRD), developer and seller of the patented market-leading cloud
video editing platform Blackbird, announces that it has been chosen
by the U.S. Department of State for video production, including the
publishing of fast turnaround digital news to its own and other
online news outlets. The contract awarded to Aperture Solutions
Group, Blackbird's U.S. partner, is for one year with multi-year
extension options. The contract value is a six-figure U.S. dollar
amount each year of the contract.
The U.S. Department of State's video and production teams will
be able to use Blackbird to rapidly clip, edit and publish news
broadcast seconds after live to its social channels including
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, as well as delivering longer form
content to its own website and other digital news outlets. Working
across multiple U.S. based sites, production teams will also be
able to instantly access videos kept in Blackbird format from the
department's archive for the repurposing of content across its
social and other online channels. Blackbird will be replacing both
SnappyTV and traditional on-premise editing systems.
Ian McDonough, CEO of
Blackbird, said: "We are delighted to win this publicly
competed tender from such a high-profile international customer. As
a large-scale non-traditional video broadcaster who is expanding
their output, the U.S. Department of State had the entire plethora
of available technology and more traditional tools to choose from.
They have chosen Blackbird because, simply put, we can do things
that no other cloud video platform is able to do. We can deliver
unparalleled speed, high quality, full interoperability and
scalability which is ideal for both large and small teams alike.
The deployment of Blackbird is designed to raise the quality of
output and drive engagement as well as internal productivity."
Blackbird is the world's only video editing platform developed
from the ground up specifically for the cloud. Delivering
unbeatable speed, scalability and quality of editing tools and
video output, Blackbird is accessed through any browser, easy to
learn and needs only limited bandwidth to use. Blackbird delivers
significant productivity and efficiency benefits to any
enterprise-level organisation working with video.
Blackbird drives major awareness, engagement and reach for
brands in the sports, esports, news, entertainment, enterprise and
public sectors. Customers include IMG, Deltatre, MSG Networks, NRL,
Peloton, TownNews and A+E Networks.
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® is a registered trademark of Blackbird plc.
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