Ft Fbt Discussion Threads

[bonio10000] 12/11/2018 13:32

MSG TV available in the hotel. Nice little gig there.Shame we are giving it away for free.

[bonio10000] 12/11/2018 13:12

Pointless after you have already raised £5m.Good to see management have so many sales they can waste time on this.

[sharesoc] 10/11/2018 16:39

Forbidden Technologies present at our growth company seminar in London on the 14th November, which may be of interest to potential investors and current shareholders:

[bonio10000] 08/11/2018 18:29

Lucky we are paying big money for a new FD.

We need to overpay for someone to add up 3 invoices a month.

I'm sure a golden hello is impossible too.

[nickb] 08/11/2018 17:28

Sports media technology services company Deltatre has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Massive Interactive, an OTT software company, for a fee of $127 million (€111.1m).

Massive’s next-generation user interface and audience engagement technology add a valuable new dimension to Deltatre as end-user-experience (UX) has become a difference-making resource for digital media growth. Massive will operate as a division of Deltatre which will have 18 offices worldwide, and nearly 1000 full-time staff, at close.


Massive’s UX management console, ‘AXIS’, underpins sports and entertainment OTT streaming services for the BBC Worldwide, Bell Media, Channel 5, Telecine, Sony Pictures Television, DR and numerous other high-profile clients. It is a valuable addition to ‘Amplify’;, Deltatre’s sophisticated OTT platform and completes the most advanced end-to-end OTT product suite for all media. Amplify is currently serving the ATP’s Tennis TV, NFL Game Pass Europe, Juventus Pass, FINA TV, and several others.

“This shift to OTT is accelerating throughout the world, and the ability to customise individual viewing experiences and create genuine consumer engagement is vital to the movement. Massive’s next-generation user interface and audience engagement software are proven to drive ARPU,” said Giampiero Rinaudo, Deltatre Co-Founder, and CEO. “The acquisition strengthens our leadership positions and expands us both globally and into important growth areas. Massive is a brilliant company and a fine addition for Deltatre.”

“Deltatre is one of the most prominent and experienced technology companies in the world of live sport and therefore the ideal partner to help accelerate our global growth strategy,” said Ron Downey, Massive Co-Founder, and CEO. “The integration of our targeted UX platform, Massive AXIS, with Deltatre’s robust product portfolio will combine to offer our customers a highly scalable, quick-to-market solution that drives engagement and increase the profitability of over-the-top video services. We are also very impressed with Deltatre’s people and culture and feel that we share the same values. By coming together, we are creating a business that will undoubtedly be the leading B2B vendor for live and OTT video platforms globally.”

[nickb] 08/11/2018 17:28

Might be good for FBT

Our large client


Deltatre acquires Massive Interactive

November 8, 2018

[nickb] 08/11/2018 16:35

Next Avid software release will have features that have been requested for well over a decade!

[nickb] 08/11/2018 16:32

Interesting figure came out of the Avid meeting with editors yesterday that they spend $65million on R&D

Puts our small R&D costs into perspective!

[mcsean2164] 08/11/2018 14:04

Seriously? maybe time for a refresh?

[mcsean2164] 08/11/2018 14:01

Might be time to update the 'what is blackbird video'. Is it fair to say it's not a great promotional video, not exactly very snappy and music awful.

[bonio10000] 07/11/2018 20:32

Video use exploding - FBT revenues flat.

I would suggest all that matters is the second bit.

[nickb] 07/11/2018 20:11

Paul
Strange tweet from FBT

Why does it affect us?

We have yet to benefit from the billions of hours of online video streamed so far, another 25% won’t make a difference!

Maybe they expect to get Blackbird used for mass streaming😮🤭🤯

Or are they just market bsing?

[paulcon1] 07/11/2018 18:44

Latest FBT tweet.

People predicted to spend an average of 84 minutes a day watching online video in 2020, up 25% from 2018.



#videoproduction #cloudvideo

[nickb] 07/11/2018 16:15

Chris
If you are so unhappy then talk to the management and see if they can address your concerns.

I agree they have not achieved raising the Blackbird brand to the degree I expected which at face value is disappointing however we don’t know how those meetings with those large technology and media companies went.

Any large enterprise deal I would expect to take between 9months to 2 years to launch.

[bonio10000] 07/11/2018 15:31

The use of Blackbird was purely because Forscene was toxic. They had been to everyone with it and it must have been getting to the point where the name was synonymous with failure.

Change the name, rebrand and then market the same thing.

You can tell from when Krebs and IM did that presentation and basically read the forscene script but just changed the words to Blackbird. Hardly anything had changed.

[chriscallen] 07/11/2018 15:09

Nick,
I'm sorry that I missed his appointment... so what exactly is the now SVP doing? I thought she was a Director (though not a real Director i.e. on the main Board). This playing with titles does not inspire confidence. Directors are either BOD or not directors and shouldn't be referred to as such - perhaps Divisional Director would signal it up. It doesn't help that there are loads of companies out there calling themselves Blackbird. To my mind it looks like the current BoD don't understand what being listed means in terms of their responsibilities which are quite onerous. It will be interesting to see what information is forthcoming from the promised presentation and whether it has been released to shareholders and the market first. Getting known for breaching LSE rules won't do the share price any good at all.

[paulcon1] 07/11/2018 14:54

Chris C

Agree with your last few posts, there is simply no evidence that the CEO has improved the operational performance of the company or increased the profile of FBT.

As stated independent reviews of the tech and feedback/news (sales) from 2018 trade shows is lacking!

Technology seems to have improved greatly, well done the R&D Team...

IMHO

[bonio10000] 07/11/2018 14:44

Have we even had one tweeted deal in the last month?

Just epic stuff from the new sales team.

[nickb] 07/11/2018 14:08

Chris
The Manchester chap is our new marketing director which was rns’d to the market.

Not sure why you have a problem with that

[nickb] 07/11/2018 14:05

Chris
I agree the market needs firm proof of revenue deals before a re rating.

Next set of results will imho be still very poor.

I just don’t believe FBT is a suitable investment for most investors at this time and my opinion on that is re -enforced daily when I read this thread sadly.

[bonio10000] 07/11/2018 13:58

Their LinkedIn page is irrelevant. Like all their social media and blog posts. Only we read them and they make no difference to customers. If anything, they should just post less and stop stuff like the leadership thoughts, which are embarrassing inane drivel.