Cloud video specialist Blackbird has been nominated for a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade 2022.
The Award was approved by Her Majesty The Queen following a recommendation from the prime minister.
Overseas sales have grown by 314% over the past three years and now account for over 7-% of the company’s total revenues. Revenues are growing fastest in North America Blackbird has contracts with organisations including the National Hockey League, A+E Networks, Univision and the US State Department. In Europe there are high-profile contracts with BT, Sky News Arabia, Eurovision Sport and National Rugby League.
Blackbird CEO, Ian McDonough, said the company was “incredibly honoured” by the Award.
Blackbird provides a fast, powerful professional cloud video editing and publishing platform. Powering scalable, collaborative production, Blackbird enables instant access to video content for the easy creation of clips, highlights, and long form content for rapid content distribution.