NEW YORK and LONDON, March 25,
2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbird plc (AIM: BIRD),
developer and seller of the market-leading cloud video editing
platform, announced today that A+E Networks® 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®, HISTORY®, Lifetime®, LMN®, fyi® and Viceland®. 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.
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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