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non-regulatory announcement
10 October
2024
Blackbird plc
Blackbird selected for Innovate UK's
GBIP
Blackbird plc (AIM: BIRD), the developer and
seller of the market leading cloud video platform, Blackbird, and
developer and distributor of the online collaborative video editing
and content creation platform, elevate.io, is pleased
to announce that it has been selected to join Innovate UK's Global
Business Innovation Programme ("GBIP") which includes a
fully-funded trip attending the South by Southwest ("SXSW")
Conference in Austin, Texas in March 2025.
Innovate UK is the United Kingdom's national
innovation agency, part of UK Research and Innovation, aimed at
driving economic growth by supporting businesses and organisations
in developing and commercialising innovative ideas, products and
services. Its primary goal is to help UK companies bring their
cutting-edge technologies and innovations to market whilst
fostering competitiveness on a global scale.
Innovate UK's GBIP is a 9 to 12 month programme
that aims to support innovative UK businesses to grow and scale on
the global stage through building R&D, innovation
collaborations and partnerships.
SXSW is an annual event running from 7 to 14
March 2025. It combines conferences, festivals, and exhibitions
across the fields of music, film, interactive media, technology and
innovation. The festival has become a major cultural phenomenon and
attracts a wide audience, from startups and creatives to investors,
brand marketers and media professionals. As part of the
selected cohort, Blackbird will benefit from Innovate UK's support
including pitching opportunities, panel discussions and extensive
networking to companies and potential partners.
Blackbird CEO Ian McDonough said: "We are
thrilled to have been selected to join Innovate UK's Global
Business Innovation Programme, which will provide us with multiple
opportunities to showcase elevate.io globally to interested
companies and potential partners and help us with our growth
ambitions. We look forward to leveraging SXSW and the wider
GBIP."
Contacts:
Blackbird
plc
Tel: +44 (0)20 8879
7245
Ian McDonough, Chief Executive
Officer
Stephen White, Chief Operating and Financial
Officer
Allenby Capital
Limited (Nominated Adviser and
Broker) Tel:
+44 (0)20 3328 5656
Nick Naylor / Piers Shimwell (Corporate
Finance)
Amrit Nahal / Guy McDougall (Equity Sales and
Corporate Broking)
About Blackbird
plc
Blackbird plc operates in the fast-growing SaaS,
Media and Entertainment and content creation markets.
Blackbird plc's patented technology allows for frame accurate
navigation, playback, viewing and editing in the cloud and it has
two products.
BlackbirdⓇ, a market leading suite of cloud-native
computing applications, is used by rights holders, broadcasters,
sports and news video specialists, live events and content owners,
post production houses, other mass market digital video channels
and corporations.
elevate.io is the company's new browser-based
collaborative content creation platform currently in general
release. elevate.io is built
using Blackbird's core technology and is aimed at professional
teams and the fast-growing Creator Economy.
Blackbird plc also licences its core video
technology, under its 'Powered by Blackbird' licensing model,
enabling video companies to accelerate their path to true cloud
business models.
www.blackbird.video
www.linkedin.com/company/blackbird-cloud
www.twitter.com/blackbirdcloud
www.facebook.com/blackbirdplc
www.youtube.com/c/blackbirdcloud
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