LONDON, April 21,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbird plc (AIM: BIRD;
OTCQX: BBRDF), the technology licensor, developer and seller
of the market-leading cloud native video editing platform,
Blackbird, today announced that Her Majesty The Queen has approved
the Prime Minister's recommendation that the Company should receive
a Queen's Award for Enterprise for International Trade
2022.
The Company's overseas sales have grown by 314% over three years
and now account for over 70% of total sales. Revenues are growing
fastest in North America where the
Company has contracts with organizations including the National
Hockey League (NHL), A+E Networks, Univision and the US State
Department. North America is the
world leader in media technology trends and the adoption of
cloud technologies and so it is particularly impressive that an
innovative UK technology company is seen to be breaking into the
American market. The Company has also won multiple high
profile contracts across Europe,
the Middle East and Oceania
including BT, Sky News Arabia, Eurovision Sport and the National
Rugby League (NRL).
Blackbird provides a fast, powerful professional cloud video
editing and publishing platform. Powering scalable, collaborative
production, Blackbird enables instant access to video content for
the easy creation of clips, highlights and long form content for
rapid content distribution. 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 highly
efficient cloud native architecture.
Blackbird CEO, Ian McDonough,
said: "We are incredibly honoured to be the winner of a
coveted Queen's Award for Enterprise. The global technology
industry is generally assumed to be the preserve of large US
companies and so for a British challenger brand to break into the
US media market, with customers such as the NHL, Cheddar News,
Univision and the US State Department amongst others, is something
we are very proud of at Blackbird. Our patented technology that
dramatically improves speed, cost efficiency and user experience in
the production process is proving a winning formula where there is
pressure on these areas from all sides. The technology has also
been proven to be compellingly sustainable when measured alongside
our competitors' carbon footprints."
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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