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On the Fanview experience why would any major outside broadcast event use anything but Forscene and Blackbird and condemn their coverage to being secondrate?
"resulted in overnight views that would normally take months to achieve." WOW....that is quite a statement
Blackbird will enable Great Run’s host broadcaster FilmNova to edit high-quality highlights on site and deliver them to digital platforms much more quickly and efficiently than at present, starting at this weekend’s Great Edinburgh XCountry. In a pilot conducted at the same event last year, the increase in speed of content delivery to the GreatRunTV YouTube channel resulted in overnight views that would normally take months to achieve. Blackbird provided a cloud solution for real-time editing and publishing using a lightweight, high performance codec. The implementation of Blackbird freed up production to be placed wherever it was needed, with minimal requirements – a laptop and bandwidth – to create and deliver content rapidly to a range of digital and social media platforms.
Feedback from both existing and prospective customers is unanimous � Blackbird video technology should be a game changer within the industry � reaffirming my core reason for joining Forbidden as CEO and investing personally in the company. Throughout my media career, and especially in my time at Turner and BBC Worldwide, I developed a deep appreciation of the need to continuously improve speed and efficiency, which Blackbird is ideally positioned to do.
And it ain't my tea....higher than normal volume,so expecting some news.
Ian the new CEO put �42k of his own money into FBT shares, so I think we are in safe hands. He has the knowledge and experience working at BBC and Turner. Lastly and most importantly, on a commercial note, over the past few months, we have signed a number of exciting new strategic Proofs of Concept (PoCs) for Blackbird in multiple regions and new sectors. This adds up to easily the most POCs the company has ever had at any one time.
" If they pick up a couple of decent contract wins ....." Yes, that is always the hope...I just also hope they dont get desperate and sign contracts for low ball amounts of money...Forscene and Blackbird have value ...it is about time businesses starting paying for them what they are worth to them...IMO
Hi Henry, yes please do email. Do you have a throwaway email address you can put on here? Then I can get in touch as I don't subscribe here so can't message you. For FBT my feeling is that if they show signs in the first quarter that these POC's are starting to be turned into contracts then the shares should do extremely well. They have cash for about the rest if this year although I envisage they will want to raise on the back of good news around mid-year. If they pick up a couple of decent contract wins that backs up the bullish statements about Blackbird then the shares should re-rate and enable a funding at a higher range. Q1 news flow will set the tone / price action for the year ahead one way or another.
Whatever happened to that BBC test of FBT's technology?
Appreciate the reply Nick. Can I email you to discuss a bit further? Henry
Hi Razorman, a nice run on WSG! Re. FBT - the statement came form the relatively new CEO who said that in the results statement with regard to all the existing clients and new clients he has met since his appointment. On their website they state they have "the fastest solution to edit, produce and publish sports and news highlights." If it's their patented Blackbird codec that enables that claim, as I believe it is, then it could be an industry game changer as he suggests. At current burn they have about 9 months cash left so they need to start winning contracts. The new CEO has a good track record in doing innovative deals albeit at higher levels with the BBC and Turner. I wish they were more investor front facing but I suspect they will more forthcoming if and when the POC's are turned into contracts. Ian McDonough on his 'debut' blog' said they "easily" have the most POC's that they have ever had in the Company's history. I don't think he would risk a blot on his successful career and join a small cap like FBT unless he was convinced he could make the Company a commercial success. He states his reason for joining was Blackbird and he thinks it is a 'game changer'. Next three to six months will be pivotal.
Hi FBT1. Where is the feedback you mention? Considering a position
Feedback from both existing and prospective customers is unanimous – Blackbird video technology should be a game changer within the industry – reaffirming my core reason for joining Forbidden as CEO and investing personally in the company.
What the fxxx happened here,sold up about 3/4 weeks ago.I said then that I;d been invested in this company 2/3 times over a period of 20 years,But they never deliver.So as it stands at the moment.it's half the purchase price to what it was in the last century!!!!!
Now IM is beginning to get to grips with the Company sales. Whilst Corrivium has been a customer since 2016 (see the posting by Amy Creeden on the FBT website) this looks like a step increase in what they are doing. The new year should show a continuing stream of "trade" posts as existing customers expand their usage and new ones sign up. SS can concentrate on what he does best: product innovation and development which will keep FBT ahead of the pack..
The Sports Video Group is pleased to welcome Forbidden Technologies as a corporate sponsor. Forbidden is currently working with Madison Square Garden to provide a compliant closed-caption, clipping solution through a unified cloud solution using a combination of proxy workflow services. MSG Networks has the ability to ingest, edit, and deliver video content with a concurrent component of a live–to–packaged-delivery process. “Over the past decade, sports-video production has been the greatest driving force behind video-technology innovation. Advances in camera technology, cutting-edge compression, AI, and OTT video-delivery methods, as well as the demand for multiscreen services, have been directly influenced by the sports industry,” says CEO Ian McDonough. “As a member of the SVG community, we look to understand the latest trends, tackle issues, and drive innovation with sports-video professionals across the world. Our continual enhancements to Blackbird align with this evolving digital landscape”. Blackbird technology is compliant across multichannel, multi-platform delivery from initial stage of live-source ingest, media transcode, closed-caption decode, and content clipping through to closed-captioning editorial, high-bitrate–video conform, and metadata delivery. The Blackbird proxy workflow can be integrated into a network’s media framework, combining toolsets using Forbidden cloud services. A consolidation of media services through on-premises, cloud, or hybrid solutions solves time-critical–workflow challenges. https://www.sportsvideo.org/2017/12/15/forbidden-technologies-cloud-video-platform-serves-sports-industry-needs/
Interesting comments Pokerchips, you are spot on in your thinking,with the right handling and the latest news on gfinity/ Microsoft partnership announced this week concerning Halo World Championship in the Daily Mail, we could be going places.
"SS has tried to over control the company. IM is now exerting his influence as CEO. If he allows SS to exert his influence in my opinion this company will die" Daramuda, I think SS has much more confidence in IM than he did in Aziz, given that IM has more industry experience. Right now I think it is clear that IM has the leadership and direction needed. SS is a bright guy but a bit nerdy when it comes to presenting and writing. The new marketing team will grab the product by the b*lls and know how to package it and sell it with the right communication and presentation. The last 12-18 months that just hasnt been focused enough and presented well enough. SS has clearly supported the new job positions and appears to be taking a back seat and playing around in the R&D workshops!
Only just noticed this large Buy from the other day. It was showing as a delayed Sell, but when you look at time and sales it was clearly a Buy. Maybe Ian the new CEO was topping up. 13/12/2017 14:10:14 4.50 1,155,311 51.99k
Current shares in issue, 180,486,199 Directors' shareholdings Shareholder Holding % Stephen Streater 63,985,714 35.5% Ian McDonough 762,862 0.42% David Main 535,714 0.30% Andrew Bentley 30,000 0.02% Holdings above 3% Shareholder Holding % Miton Group plc 26,927,128 14.92% Schroders plc 15,615,000 8.65%