Blackbird PLC esports' VENN select Blackbird in multi-year deal
June 22 2020 - 2:00AM
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Blackbird PLC
22 June 2020
22 June 2020
Blackbird plc
(the "Company")
esports' VENN selects Blackbird in multi-year deal
Los Angeles and London - Blackbird plc (AIM: BIRD), the
developer and seller of the market-leading Blackbird cloud video
editing platform, announced today that esports trailblazers, VENN,
have selected Blackbird for ultra-fast and efficient remote video
production. The deal is for 3 years and was brokered by Blackbird's
new US systems integrator partner, ASG.
VENN is a new kind of TV network for the streaming generation,
aimed at gaming, pop culture and esports audiences. Founded by
gaming visionaries Ariel Horn and Ben Kusin, VENN broadcasts live
from studios in New York and Los Angeles with content distributed
across a broad range of media platforms.
Blackbird is the world's fastest, most powerful professional
cloud video editing and publishing platform. Enabling very scalable
remote production, Blackbird provides rapid access to video content
for the easy creation of clips, highlights and longer form content
to multiple devices and platforms. Delivering unbeatable speed 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 efficiency benefits to any
enterprise-level organization working with video.
VENN's production team will use Blackbird to remotely and
frame-accurately edit, enrich and publish a wide variety of
engaging video content ultra-fast. Content will be delivered to
VENN's 24/7 post cable network and social channels including
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Twitch for millions of gaming fans
around the world to enjoy. The content will span multiple
categories of entertainment with original programming produced both
in-house and with some of the biggest names and creators in gaming,
entertainment, streaming and esports.
Scott Gillies, CTO of VENN, said: " VENN is launching a network
dedicated to pop culture viewed through the lens of gaming and
esports. Launching in this era of COVID and social distancing is
presenting unique production challenges. With Blackbird, we have a
new level of flexibility and it allows us to reimagine how
productions should work. We can operate remotely and rapidly create
and deliver highly engaging video content for gaming fans to enjoy
whenever and wherever they wish. Blackbird is simply awesome and
we're super excited about utilizing this game-changing cloud video
editing technology."
Blackbird CEO, Ian McDonough, said: " Blackbird CEO, Ian
McDonough, said: "We are excited to add VENN to our growing list of
US and esports customers and also delighted that our new partner
ASG have brought in their first deal with Blackbird. The VENN
project is incredibly exciting and is a classic greenfield site
where there is no legacy hardware based incumbent and the team are
free to select our state-of-the-art cloud based solution. This
fresh thinking makes production teams as efficient and sustainable
as possible whilst being free to work from anywhere."
Blackbird drives awareness, reach and monetization for brands in
the sports, news, entertainment and enterprise sectors. Customers
include IMG, Deltatre, Peloton, A+E Networks, Eleven Sports, Riot
Games, Liverpool FC, the U.S Department of State and almost 50
local US news stations with TownNews.
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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