Elite sport poised to bring fans closer and safer
The great production restart is on and as ever sports is leading the way. Domestic and international top-level sports are taking steps to resume professional competition albeit behind closed doors and with strict biosecurity measures in…
Read MoreThe priorities of production have changed for good
As production gradually resumes, it’s clear that beyond short-term social distancing measures the pandemic will have long term consequences for workflows and the workforce. Throughout the content supply chain, companies have been mobilised to create working…
Read MoreRemote production puts media back in control
Covid-19 is leading to an irreversible shift in media technology investment, away from legacy and towards digital business models and workflows. That is the stark conclusion of a major report from the IABM which has tracked…
Read MoreThe winners will be those using the full potential of cloud
The clock cannot be wound back. As governments around the world begin to relax some of their lockdown restrictions it is clear that the crisis has catalysed some fundamental work-life changes. Even when an effective treatment…
Read MoreWhen it comes to editing video, no-one wants a bandwidth hog
Since #WorkingFromHome has become the norm, the internet’s capacity to accommodate a sudden and sustained shift in demand is being stress tested. To be precise, it is residential fixed-lines which are under pressure as never before…
Read MoreCloud native, On-prem or Hybrid – you decide
Even before current global circumstances hit home, IP networking and content delivery was the top-ranked trend in broadcast worldwide. The latest BBS Media Technology Global Trend Index from market intelligence firm Devoncroft concluded that IP has…
Read MoreCurrent events accelerate remote working
Current events have spurred a huge amount of thinking and planning about how workforces operate effectively. Indeed they have accelerated a long term trend of flexible and more sustainable home and remote working. This has resulted…
Read MoreTurbo boost the value of live
In sport a split second can separate the best in the world from the also rans. It could be a marginal off-side decision going the way of the striker in the last minute of extra time…
Read MoreSVG College Summit 2018
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…
Read MoreSVG Sit-Down: As Forbidden Technologies Repositions Under Blackbird Brand, CEO Ian McDonough Discusses Strategy
The following is an interview that Forbidden Technologies’ CEO, Ian McDonough, gave to SVG before NAB in April 2018: For Ian McDonough, who has been CEO of Forbidden Technologies for six months, NAB 2018 will mark…
Read MoreBlackbird is best-of-breed
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