LONDON, June 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbird
plc (AIM: BIRD), the developer and seller of the
market-leading Blackbird cloud video editing platform, announced
today that Whisper, the sports and live event production
specialist, has chosen Blackbird to drive major video production
efficiencies for its clients.
Co-founded by David Coulthard,
Jake Humphrey and Sunil Patel, Whisper is a leading broadcast
production company. Whisper specializes in the production of
entertainment and sports content with a portfolio that includes
Formula One, the Rugby World Cup, the Women's Six Nations, the
Paralympics, W Series racing, the NFL and SailGP.
Blackbird is the world's fastest, most powerful professional
cloud video editing and publishing platform - providing rapid
access to video content for the easy creation of clips, highlights
and longer form content to multiple devices and platforms.
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 efficiency benefits to any enterprise-level
organisation working with video.
Whisper has chosen Blackbird to drive major video production
efficiencies for the creation of a wide range of content. The
production team will use Blackbird's extensive professional toolset
to remotely edit and enrich live action, documentaries, interviews
and behind-the-scenes long form content for millions of sports fans
around the world. The production team will also use the Blackbird
Player to rapidly view, comment on and approve content from
anywhere – dramatically speeding up the content review process.
Sunil Patel, Whisper CEO,
said: "Enabling our teams to work safely and efficiently to
create world class content is a big priority for Whisper.
Blackbird's state of the art, accessible solution allows us to
achieve this with the highest production values."
Blackbird CEO, Ian McDonough,
said: "Whisper is very much the gold standard of sport
production and it's fantastic to be working with them on a range of
top level sports, including Formula One – one of the biggest names
in international sport. Having a professional, remote editor that
can work consistently on low bandwidth and in a browser is a
powerful combination of attributes and we are delighted to be able
to satisfy the demand for it."
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, Liverpool FC, the U.S Department of State
and 49 local US news stations with TownNews.
About Blackbird plc
Blackbird plc 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 plc'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.
Websites
www.blackbird.video
Social media
www.linkedin.com/company/blackbird-cloud
www.twitter.com/blackbirdcloud
www.facebook.com/blackbirdplc
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SOURCE Blackbird plc