Our House Media chooses Blackbird for flagship TV documentary series

Posted: 09/05/2018

May 9, 2018, London – Forbidden Technologies plc. announced today that Our House Media has chosen to use Blackbird for one of its flagship documentary series.

The Blackbird cloud platform will be used remotely and on premise by Our House Media’s story editors, producers and numerous production staff for the TV show, Building Off The Grid.  Blackbird Forte will be used for the pre-assembly of multi camera and sync-mapped content for post-production using Blackbird’s unique capabilities for many post-production workflows. Hours of content produced during the making of the show will be seamlessly ingested via Blackbird Edge and accessed, enriched with metadata and pre-edited to string outs.  AAF publishing will be accessed from the Blackbird cloud at Our House Media’s Head Office where the final show will edited. Our House Media selected Blackbird following a rigorous testing phase out in the field.

Shown on Discovery’s DIY Network in the US, Building Off The Grid follows 8 teams of intrepid off grid builders tackling extreme weather, remote locations and creative engineering to build stunning off grid homes.

Forbidden CEO, Ian McDonough says: “We’re delighted Blackbird is spreading its Canadian wings. Our House Media has recognised the power of our Forte platform and we’re thrilled to have another show on a US network.”

Our House Media Director of Post Production, Gad Reichman says: “Working with producers and writers off site and in different countries requires us to share media seamlessly and quickly. Blackbird gives us the ability to do that and automate the process in such a way that it doesn’t add any more time to our internal workflows. We are very excited about working with Blackbird because now we can work in the cloud with the best talent around the globe.”

About Our House Media
With offices in LA and Toronto, Our House Media is a content creation company on a mission to create innovative, original formats, entertaining and returnable shows with the highest production values for audiences in the US, Canada, and beyond.

About Forbidden Technologies plc
Forbidden Technologies plc (AIM: FBT, www.forbidden.co.uk) floated in February 2000. Forbidden develops, markets and licenses a powerful cloud video platform using our patented Blackbird technology. The technology underpins multiple applications which are used by rights holders, broadcasters, sports and news video specialists, post-production houses, other mass market digital video channels, and corporations.

The Blackbird technology 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 results in much more effective monetisation.

To find out more about Blackbird Forte and Blackbird Ascent contact commercial@blackbird.video or visit www.blackbird.video

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