Reflections on a successful IBC 2018
Rewind to NAB this year and we had just elevated the Blackbird brand and begun the process of re-engaging with existing clients as well as new prospects. Key themes from the show were artificial intelligence (AI)…
Read MoreHangin’ With … Blackbird CEO Ian McDonough
The following is an interview that Forbidden Technologies’ CEO, Ian McDonough, gave to SportsBusiness Daily in August 2018: IAN MCDONOUGH is the CEO of Blackbird, a cloud-based platform that allows users to quickly edit and publish…
Read MoreBlackbird Wows Global Media Industry By Delivering Workstation Experience In The Cloud
The following is an interview that Forbidden Technologies’ CEO, Ian McDonough, gave to techcompanynews.com in July 2018: Q: Would you provide our readers with a brief introduction to Forbidden Technologies and your cloud video product,…
Read MoreMedia supply chains in the cloud – the content factory?
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…
Read MoreThe benefits of Edge computing in a Sports 2.0 world
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…
Read MoreBlackbird Sings Throughout NAB
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…
Read MoreNAB 2018 highlights : Intelligent cloud, AI & machine learning with cognitive services
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…
Read MoreMacVoices: ShowStoppers – Forbidden Technologies Delivers Broadcast to Digital Via Blackbird Proxy
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…
Read MoreForbidden Technologies interview at NAB Show 2018
The following is a video interview that Forbidden Technologies’ CEO, Ian McDonough, gave at NAB Show 2018: He discusses the Blackbird platform and the Blackbird Codec which allows for compression and decompression of video for storage,…
Read MoreNew world MAMs
There is a new worldview of Media Asset Management (MAM) technology. Once perceived as an integrated storage system linked to a platform facilitating distribution, it is now understood as an integral layer in the framework along…
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