The challenges of agility, scalability and speed to market are key concerns for any business – most notably within the media and entertainment sector, news and sports where ‘time is money’ and runners up have already lost out on maximising digital content monetisation, and losing loyal viewers. Five years ago...
Everyone knows the benefits of cloud technology since we use it every day – viewing emails, streaming music/videos on smart devices during our daily commute. Yet do we really know the benefits of being on the edge of the cloud and not in it? Edge computing allows any device, including...
Sports Video Group – College Summit 2018, May 30 – June 1, Omni Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia Blackbird will be exhibiting at The SVG College Summit, Booth 218 to showcase the Blackbird cloud video platform. Video content can be created, edited, produced and delivered rapidly, for the ultimate fan experience. Blackbird improves...
Broadcast, 6 April 2018 – Forbidden Technologies rebrands as Blackbird Broadband TV News, 6 April 2018 – Forbidden technologies repositions under Blackbird brand Digital TV.com – 6 April 2018 – Forbidden Technologies becomes Blackbird IABM, April 2018 – Ben Dales of The International Association for broadcast and media technology interviews Ian...
Sports Video Group – IP Production Forum 2018 9 May, New York Hilton, NYC IP’s impact on the production of sports events is growing fast. New IP standards are providing a new level of flexibility to IP workflows, and IP standards such as SMPTE 2110, NDI, ASPEN, and NMI continue...
The following is an interview that Forbidden Technologies’ CEO, Ian McDonough, gave to TVBEurope in May 2018: Very much a MIP man in his ‘content sales’ years with BBC Worldwide, Turner, and Viacom, Ian McDonough enjoyed a sensational NAB debut thanks to the popularity of Blackbird Ascent and Forte,...
The team returned from NAB after a jam-packed week of Blackbird meetings with end users, service providers, technology partners and distributors across the news, media and entertainment (NME) sector – from news and broadcast to online and major sports organisations (as well as everything in between). From the very start,...
The following is an interview that Forbidden Technologies’ CEO, Ian McDonough, and VP of Products, Jeff Krebs, gave at NAB 2018: During ShowStoppers at NAB in Las Vegas, they profile their cloud-based Blackbird Proxy solution that bridges broadcast and digital video, and is responsible for the presentation of some notable...
