LONDON, Jan. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbird plc
(AIM: BIRD, OTCQX: BBRDF), the technology licensor, developer and
seller of the market-leading cloud native video editing platform,
Blackbird, announced today that Blackbird has achieved Amazon Web
Services (AWS) Technology Partner status and completed the
Foundational Technical Review (FTR) of Blackbird Edge to accelerate
AWS engagement.
The AWS FTR enables AWS Partners to identify and remediate
risks in their products or solutions. The FTR is led by an AWS
Partner Solutions Architect (PSA) who reviews AWS Partner products
and solutions against a specific set of requirements based around
security, reliability and operational excellence as defined by the
AWS Well-Architected Framework. Adhering to FTR guidelines,
Blackbird can review projects against FTR requirements to select
best practices to follow ensuring the best possible client
experience.
As an AWS Technology Partner, Blackbird offers any company
creating video at scale, access to rapid, efficient cloud content
production. Browser based Blackbird is a fast, powerful
browser-based professional cloud native video editing platform that
provides instant access to video content for the easy creation
of clips, highlights and long form content for rapid publishing to
multiple channels.
Blackbird enables remote production, removing the need to travel
to a facility or event and also eliminates the need to transit
material to and from multiple local storage
environments. Proven to reduce carbon emissions by up to 91%
compared to traditional video editing workflows, Blackbird also
reduces infrastructure costs by up to 75% due to its cloud native
architecture.
Blackbird plc CEO, Ian
McDonough, said: "We are very happy to have achieved the
AWS Foundational Technical Review. Replicating and enhancing
the genre-defining Blackbird cloud video experience in a public
cloud has been a stated ambition of ours for some time. AWS have
been very supportive and enabled us to get to this first
significant step. This milestone is significant as fast-tracked
progress through the AWS Partner Network will allow us to scale
much more flexibly for our customers which is key, whilst opening
up the addressable market for Blackbird significantly."
About Blackbird plc
Blackbird plc operates in the fast-growing SaaS and cloud video
market. It has created Blackbird®, the world's most advanced suite
of cloud-native computing applications for video, all underpinned
by its lightning-fast codec. Blackbird plc's patented technology
allows for frame accurate navigation, playback, viewing and editing
in the cloud. Blackbird® enables 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 digital
distribution, and ultimately results in much more effective
monetisation.
Blackbird plc is a licensor of its core video technology under
its 'Powered by Blackbird' licensing model. Enabling video
companies to accelerate their path to true cloud business models,
licensees benefit from power and carbon reductions, cost and time
savings, less hardware and bandwidth requirements and easy
scalability.
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