Blackbird PLC (LON:BIRD) announced Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland chose the newly pre-integrated live news solution developed with live video streaming provider LiveU.
The German broadcaster used it to enhance live coverage of this year's regional elections, in a project managed by CBC, its production and technology/IT company.
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Local support was provided by netorium AG, LiveU's and Blackbird's German partner.
CBC used the LiveU Matrix IP cloud-based management and distribution platform for live news content sharing, complementing its existing fleet of LiveU field units.
Live feeds were shared from 12 party venues in Berlin and Magdeburg (covering the press conferences and interviews with the candidates) and received directly into Matrix's cloud channels with all the incoming feeds recorded in real-time in the cloud.
Selected feeds were then distributed to multiple receivers and broadcast on the national news as well as additional German broadcasters, facilitating a collaborative effort between the broadcasters.
SRT feeds were also ingested into the Matrix platform for the first time. LiveU's network operations centre provided monitoring of the feeds with dedicated alerts in real-time.
In parallel, the files were accessed in almost real-time using Blackbird's cloud-native editing platform.
Working remotely, distributed teams of editors could clip, edit, enrich and publish highlights of the many events.
Blackbird then delivered both short and long-form high-definition digital assets to multiple digital channels simultaneously, including social and web as well as to broadcast media partners for re-purposing.
"This was an excellent first opportunity for Blackbird and LiveU to successfully showcase our new, slick live news solution for a high-profile event with one of Europe's most prestigious media companies,” said Blackbird chief executive, Ian McDonough.