LONDON and MELBOURNE, Australia, March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbird plc
(AIM: BIRD), the developer and seller of the market-leading cloud
video editing platform, Blackbird, announced today that Australian
headquartered educational technology company, Typsy, has chosen
Blackbird for ultra-efficient, remote cloud-native video editing.
The deal is for 3 years.
Typsy is a market leader in the production of e-learning content
for the global hospitality industry. Counting the world's largest
hotel and restaurant chains amongst its user community, Typsy
empowers its members with access to insider tips and knowledge to
serve the world better and make every hospitality moment
exceptional.
Blackbird is the world's fastest, most powerful professional
cloud-native video editing and publishing platform, providing rapid
access to video content for the easy creation of clips, highlights
and long form content to multiple devices and platforms. An
ultra-green technology, Blackbird supports the sustainability goals
of the media production industry.
Typsy's globally distributed production team will remotely
access and use the Blackbird toolset to edit and enrich online
classes. The crafted content will then be published alongside
Typsy's existing library of learning materials for immediate
availability to their global community. The deployment will be
another of Blackbird's installed base running on Microsoft Azure
public cloud infrastructure.
Typsy CEO, Jonathan Plowright,
said: "We've seen an exponential increase in demand for online
hospitality training over the past few months. As a result, we were
in need of a service that not only provided top-quality production
but could ensure we kept up with demand for new, industry standard
course content. We're excited to be working with Blackbird, where
speed and access to media are critical in reducing post-production
times and removing technical overheads and file movements. The
platform will enable Typsy editors, from Australia to Belgium, to access the new content, create new
courses and publish them to our platform in a timely manner."
Blackbird CEO, Ian McDonough,
said: "I am delighted Typsy have chosen Blackbird to meet their
customers' increasing demand for content and to drive their
business to the next level. Typsy's globally distributed production
teams are collaborating using our professional toolsets centrally
and editing, enriching and publishing innovative, high quality
finished content from wherever they are. From our perspective,
e-learning and corporate communications video content are high
growth verticals and ones for which Blackbird is a strong and
effective solution."
Blackbird drives awareness, reach and monetization for brands in
the sports, news, entertainment and enterprise
sectors. The company's customers include Tata Communications,
EVS, IMG, Deltatre, Sky News Arabia, A+E Networks, NHL, Eleven
Sports, Riot Games, Arsenal FC, the U.S Department of State and 50
local US news stations with TownNews.
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 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 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
About Typsy
Typsy is the world's fastest-growing online hospitality training
platform. Its courses are designed for Governments and Associations
to support their industries with building skills capacity, for
multi-national hotel and restaurant chains, learning institutions,
small businesses, and individuals to upskill for exceptional
careers in hospitality. The current Typsy video library consists of
over 800 lessons on a variety of topics, ranging from compliance to
food and beverage to marketing.
Recently, its library has expanded to include
Coronavirus-specific content, providing practical information for
business owners and employees on how to continue to operate well
under Coronavirus restrictions and concerns, including COVID-19
Responsibility & Service Tips and a Health & Wellbeing
course for stress management.
Websites
www.typsy.com
Social media
https://www.linkedin.com/company/typsy
http://www.twitter.com/asktypsy
http://www.facebook.com/asktypsy
http://www.instagram.com/asktypsy
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