Blackbird Share Discussion Threads

[nickb] 12/2/2020 21:54

Mcsean
Really
In what way is marketing not strong?

Have you raised money for your Blackbird video codec beater?

NAB is only weeks away as you know.

Betamax was better than VHS but VHS won so I see your investment logic🤯

Why did Token Ring fail?

Probably the main reason why Token Ring failed however was pricing. IBM charged too much for royalties to vendors that wanted to produce Token Ring cards and MAUs. This made all Token Ring equipment too expensive. A Token Ring card could cost 5 and 6 times as much as an Ethernet card.
(According to google)

[mcsean2164] 12/2/2020 21:09

I360,
Token ring was better networking technology than ethernet but Ethernet won.

Marketing not birds strongest suit.

[nickb] 12/2/2020 20:48

SSB
Good to be sceptical and things we don’t know about can bite us so it’s all a calculated risk.

[nickb] 12/2/2020 20:19

Cabi
I’m confident!

[nickb] 12/2/2020 20:18

Invest360
They don’t really have any Technology as such they are just using old off the shelf traditional methods so no real edge, our Blackbird tech as you know is a huge differentiator and has a lot of technical headroom for demanding jobs.

Key as you well know is our unique Blackbird video codec the competition just can’t match that in the Cloud.
Google has checked our true Cloud technology and they like us and that wouldn’t happen with Grabyo product.

All Imho so could be wrong but after NAB deals I think we will be really in a good place.
Need some details.

Hints are strong from the company

[cabi1] 12/2/2020 19:51

How many hints do you all want.

IM on Vox markets in his words teasing investors.

Advanced talks and figures being delayed.

Keep buying, especially down here, below 16p.

IMHO.

[invest360] 12/2/2020 19:46

Thanks NickB. It looks like they’re BIRDs closest competitor. It would be good to understand how much of a threat they are. Are they cloud-native? How does their technology and product offering stack up against BIRD I wonder?

[nickb] 12/2/2020 16:58

Chris
I see it as great marketing, take a look at the type of people that attend SVG

So makes sense to me that it’s Adrian.

[nickb] 12/2/2020 16:54

Invest360
Some basic overlap but they lack our technology advantage and broad Video market appeal I would say.
Nice customer list so keep an eye on them.

[chriscallen] 12/2/2020 16:50

It's always dangerous to read to much into what is written but does anyone else think it odd that the SVG Europe news was fronted in the release by Adrian Lambert? At very least it suggests that IM is very busy elsewhere.

[invest360] 12/2/2020 15:37

NickB. What do you make of Grabyo? I believe they are currently servicing DAZN and a lot of the same customers that BIRD is targeting, like Fix Sports and the Premier League. Presumably that’s pretty direct competition?

[nickb] 12/2/2020 14:27

Richard
No competitors for Cloud native video editing.

Competition could be virtualisation running conventional editing software on a server in the Cloud basically a Remote Desktop or other very clunky downloading techniques.

So we have something very unique that has taken decades of development.

Stephen was incredibly ahead of everyone with this.

We are in a very strong position let’s see if Blackbird can become a global standard

Very interesting times imho

[richard107] 12/2/2020 13:51

I can’t put a value on the IP without having any indication as to what it could earn when it is finally commercialised . Hopefully it could be very substantial but it is supposition at present . It is looking encouraging but not out of woods yet .
Nick - do you know of any potential competitors ?

[nickb] 12/2/2020 11:57

See it as marketing opportunities with sports media companies at high level.

Imho

[nickb] 12/2/2020 10:20

Farr
It’s flag waving imho, as Chris says look at the list of senior executives it touches.

They will all be looking at Cloud solutions

[chriscallen] 12/2/2020 09:37

SVG US next?

Just look at the list of senior people and advisors and drool!

[nickb] 12/2/2020 09:25

NEWS

SVG Europe and Blackbird agree cloud video production partnership

[nickb] 12/2/2020 09:12

Answer is YES


“People have been talking for a decade about how connected and cloud-led workflows could transform production processes. We wanted to find out if we have finally got to the point where technological maturity and business need have come together to make such a transformation possible. And the answer is they have.

Mark Harrison DPP

[cabi1] 12/2/2020 08:56

Fill your boots.

[chriscallen] 12/2/2020 07:49

Could BIRDs technology could meet the pressing needs of social media providers?

hxxps://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/tech-giants-risk-fines-or-ban-for-failing-to-protect-children-lnjfdnmp0

Criminalising the failure to remove content puts a real incentive in place to identify and remove offending posts.