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esports' VENN select Blackbird in multi-year deal
esports' VENN select Blackbird in multi-year deal.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 5734Q\n Blackbird PLC\n 22 June 2020\n \n \n \n \n 22 June 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n Blackbird plc\n \n \n (the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n esports' VENN selects Blackbird in multi-year deal\n \n \n \n \n \n Los Angeles and London - Blackbird plc (AIM: BIRD), the developer and seller of the market-leading Blackbird cloud video editing platform, announced today that esports trailblazers, VENN, have selected Blackbird for ultra-fast and efficient remote video production. The deal is for 3 years and was brokered by Blackbird's new US systems integrator partner, ASG.\n \n \n \n \n \n VENN is a new kind of TV network for the streaming generation, aimed at gaming, pop culture and esports audiences. \n Founded by gaming visionaries Ariel Horn and Ben Kusin, VENN broadcasts live from studios in New York and Los Angeles\n with content distributed across a broad range of media platforms.\n \n \n \n \n \n Blackbird is the world's fastest, most powerful professional cloud video editing and publishing platform. Enabling very scalable remote production, Blackbird provides rapid access to video content for the easy creation of clips, highlights and longer form content to multiple devices and platforms. Delivering unbeatable speed and quality of editing tools and video output, Blackbird is accessed through any browser, easy to learn and needs only limited bandwidth to use. Blackbird delivers significant efficiency benefits to any enterprise-level organization working with video.\n \n \n \n \n \n VENN's production team will use Blackbird to remotely and frame-accurately edit, enrich and publish a wide variety of engaging video content ultra-fast. Content will be delivered to VENN's 24/7 post cable network and social channels including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Twitch for millions of gaming fans around the world to enjoy. The content will span multiple categories of entertainment with original programming produced both in-house and with some of the biggest names and creators in gaming, entertainment, streaming and esports. \n \n \n \n \n Scott Gillies, CTO of VENN, said: \"\n \n VENN is launching a network dedicated to pop culture viewed through the lens of gaming and esports. Launching in this era of COVID and social distancing is presenting unique production cha...