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RNS Number : 7493S  Blackbird PLC  18 November 2021

18 November
2021
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Blackbird plc (the "Company")

 

Blackbird wins Best Tech Company 2021 Award

 

London - Blackbird plc (AIM:BIRD, OTCQX: BBRDF), the technology licensor,
developer and seller of the market-leading cloud native video editing
platform, Blackbird, announces that it has won the 'Best Tech Company 2021
Award' at the SportsPro OTT Awards.

 

The prestigious SportsPro OTT Awards are dedicated to sports focused OTT,
streaming and video production - recognising organisations and individuals
pushing boundaries and innovation in the fast-paced broadcast media industry.
A high calibre panel of 72 judges drawn from international rights holders,
broadcasters and technology providers selected winners across 14 categories.

 

Crowning Blackbird 'Best Tech Company 2021', SportsPro, said: "This award
recognises the company that's driving the growth and disruption of the sports
OTT industry via the use of technological innovation. Judges awarded Blackbird
the top prize as they felt that the company managed to evolve their user
experience to meet customer needs while paying attention to their carbon
footprint, and that they have spearheaded the revolution in remote editing.
The judges also mentioned how impressive it is that it has been used by such a
wide range of sports!"

 

Blackbird won the award after another strong year of expansion which has seen
the Company rapidly build on its 45% revenue growth in 2020.  Blackbird has
announced a string of new contract wins this year with leading organisations
including BT Sport, Univision, Eurovision Sport, EVS and Cheddar News.
Strategic technical partnerships have been built with fellow industry leaders
and pioneers such as LiveU, Newsbridge, TVU Networks and Streann Media.

 

In September, Blackbird launched its core video technology licensing solution,
'Powered by Blackbird', to enable advanced cloud native functionality and
drive major efficiencies for video companies. The launch came soon after
Blackbird announced a 5-year technology licensing deal with a global broadcast
company.

 

Blackbird is leading the campaign to dramatically reduce carbon emissions
within the video production industry. Earlier this year, the Company launched
a carbon awareness study titled - 'Video Shouldn't Cost the Earth' - in
collaboration with environmental management consultancy Green Element. The
study highlights that cloud native Blackbird generates up to 91% less carbon
emissions than on premise and cloud-based video editing workflows. In July,
Blackbird was awarded the London Stock Exchange's Green Economy Mark in
recognition of its work in contributing to the green economy - just 2.5% of UK
listed companies have been given this esteemed award.

 

Blackbird plc CEO, Ian McDonough, added: "We are thrilled to have won this
major industry recognition from such a strong field of tech companies whom we
admire. The judging panel called out our drive to both grow and disrupt
through innovation - this is very much in our DNA with the business holding
multiple patents around its technology. Similarly the recognition that we are
reducing the carbon impact of our client base is hugely important to us as the
media industry must lead in this area by example."

 

Blackbird drives awareness, monetization and efficiencies for brands in
the sports, news, entertainment and enterprise sectors. Customers include
Univision, Tata Communications, EVS, IMG, Deltatre, Sky News Arabia, A+E
Networks, BT, NHL, Eleven Sports, Cheddar News, Riot Games, the U.S Department
of State and 75 local US news stations with TownNews.

 

Enquiries:

 

 Blackbird plc
 Ian McDonough, Chief Executive Officer
 Adrian Lambert, Chief Marketing Officer

 Tel: +44 (0)20 8879 7245

 Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

 Nick Naylor / Piers Shimwell (Corporate Finance)

 Amrit Nahal (Sales and Corporate Broking)

 Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656

 

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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