LONDON, Oct. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbird plc (AIM:
BIRD), developer and seller of the market-leading cloud video
editing platform Blackbird, has been appointed video production
partners for Leaders Week London 2019.
Each year, Leaders Week London brings together around 3000
leaders in sport, technology and entertainment for a series of
knowledge-sharing, experiential, networking and social events.
Director level executives from global brands, broadcasters, clubs,
franchises, leagues, federations, agencies and industry service
providers will attend the 'Experience The Future Of Sport' themed
show during a series of events held across London from 7 to 10 October.
The Blackbird cloud video platform will be used by Leaders'
production team to rapidly clip, edit and publish highlights from
the stage to its social channels Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn
during the show. Events Blackbird will produce and publish content
for include The Sport Business Summit at Twickenham Stadium and The
Leaders Sports Awards at the Natural History Museum.
Simon Thomlinson, Head of
Partnerships at Leaders, said: "The distribution of real
time highlights from the stage is a vital component of our social
output during Leaders Week, so we're delighted to be working with
Blackbird on our video production this year. Their lightning-fast
editing and distribution platform will support us on maximizing our
social reach throughout the week."
Adrian Lambert, Marketing
Director of Blackbird, said: "Leaders Week is a must-attend
event for the world's leading sports organisations and
change-makers and it's a privilege to be chosen as the event's
official video production partner. We look forward to delivering
engaging highlights fast to Leaders' online channels, just as we do
every day for a wide array of clients in sports, news and other
sectors."
Blackbird is the world's only video editing platform developed
from the ground up specifically for the cloud. 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 productivity and efficiency benefits to any
enterprise-level organisation working with video.
Blackbird drives major awareness, engagement and reach for
companies and brands in the sports, esports, news, entertainment,
enterprise and public sectors. Customers include IMG, Deltatre, MSG
Networks, Peloton, TownNews, A+E Networks and the U.S Department of
State.
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® is a registered trademark of Blackbird plc.
Websites
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www.linkedin.com/company/blackbird-cloud
www.twitter.com/blackbirdcloud
www.facebook.com/blackbirdplc
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