Blackbird PLC (AIM:BIRD, OTCQX:BBRDF) told investors it won the 'Best Tech Company 2021 Award' at the SportsPro OTT (over-the-top).
It was crowned the winner by a panel of 72 judges drawn from international rights holders, broadcasters and technology providers. They deemed Blackbird’s cloud video editing and publishing platform was ‘pushing boundaries and innovation’ in the fast-paced broadcast media industry.
“Judges awarded Blackbird the top prize as they felt that the company managed to evolve their user experience to meet customer needs while paying attention to their carbon footprint, and that they have spearheaded the revolution in remote editing,” SportsPro said.
The achievement builds on what has been a strong 11 months for the tech company based in London.
Blackbird landed a number of significant new contracts this year, including sports broadcaster BT Sport and Univision, a Spanish language free-to-air network.
There was also a strategic expansion of its existing partnerships, as it aims to beat its 45% revenue growth from 2020.
In July, Blackbird was awarded the London Stock Exchange’s green economy mark, recognising its cloud native platform Blackbird producing up to 91% less carbon emissions than companies that keep its IT infrastructure on site.
Blackbird chief executive, Ian McDonough said, “Recognition that we are reducing the carbon impact of our client base is hugely important to us as the media industry must lead in this area by example."