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Backlight to Speak about Content ROI for Niche Streamers at Annual StreamTV Show in Denver

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Monday, June 5, 2023

Global media and entertainment technology company Backlight™, will be sponsoring and participating in the StreamTV Show that is set to take place June 12-14 in Denver, Colorado.

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  • Global media and entertainment technology company Backlight™, will be sponsoring and participating in the StreamTV Show that is set to take place June 12-14 in Denver, Colorado.
  • The annual conference brings together aggregators and platforms, along with leading streaming services and content providers.
  • Josh, a senior client success manager, works closely with Backlight clients who have voluminous libraries of content and who want to monetize their digital video assets.
  • To schedule a meeting with Backlight while at the StreamTV show, complete this form .

Backlight Supports Howard University Film Organization’s Student Filmmakers with Donation and Software

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Global media and entertainment technology company, Backlight, announced its collaboration with the Howard University Film Organization (HUFO), a student-led film organization at Howard University, a renowned HBCU (Historic Black College and University).

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  • Global media and entertainment technology company, Backlight, announced its collaboration with the Howard University Film Organization (HUFO), a student-led film organization at Howard University, a renowned HBCU (Historic Black College and University).
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230426005261/en/
    Media and entertainment technology company, Backlight, sponsored the Howard University Film Organization's student-led film anthology series.
  • Backlight’s sponsorship gave student filmmakers access to professional film production software to assist throughout all stages of production, including with scriptwriting, pipeline, media asset management, remote collaboration, review and editing.
  • “Backlight is honored to partner with HUFO and to support the next generation of filmmakers and film technologists at Howard University,” said Ben Kaplan, CEO of Backlight.

Backlight Honored with Multiple Awards at 2023 NAB Show

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

Global media and entertainment technology company, Backlight, announced that three of its product lines—iconik, Zype and Wildmoka—secured multiple honors at the 2023 NAB Show that took place this week in Las Vegas.

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  • Global media and entertainment technology company, Backlight, announced that three of its product lines—iconik, Zype and Wildmoka—secured multiple honors at the 2023 NAB Show that took place this week in Las Vegas.
  • These awards are recognition for what we have built and the potential that lies ahead.”
    Backlight’s Zype Apps Creator solution was awarded an NAB Product of Year Award in the Streaming category and was also selected by Next TV as a Best of Show product for NAB 2023.
  • This year’s win marks the fourth time in five years that a Backlight solution won a NAB Product of the Year Award.
  • Backlight’s Wildmoka platform was named Best of Show at the 2023 NAB Show by Broadcasting + Cable.

Backlight to Showcase Several Product Updates and Best Practices at NAB Show 2023

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Friday, April 14, 2023

Backlight will have two outposts at the NAB show—a booth in the West Hall (W3157) and a kiosk in the North Hall (N2562) of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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  • Backlight will have two outposts at the NAB show—a booth in the West Hall (W3157) and a kiosk in the North Hall (N2562) of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
  • In addition, Backlight will showcase its solutions in two thought leadership forums while at NAB—the NAB Pilot Challenge presentation and the NAB Streaming Summit.
  • PILOT, the technology innovation initiative of the NAB, named Backlight’s media asset management solution, iconik, one of three winners of the 2023 PILOT Innovation Challenge.
  • In addition to the Pilot Challenge, Backlight is a nominee in several categories for both the Best of Show Awards and the NAB Product of the Year Awards.

Backlight Streaming Introduces New Feature-Rich Capabilities and Integrations from Zype and Wildmoka Product Lines

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

Media and entertainment technology company Backlight announced the latest updates and integrations across the Backlight Streaming product lines, Zype and Wildmoka.

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  • Media and entertainment technology company Backlight announced the latest updates and integrations across the Backlight Streaming product lines, Zype and Wildmoka.
  • Earlier this year, Backlight announced a company reorganization in which its two distribution product lines, Zype and Wildmoka, became one business division, Backlight Streaming.
  • “Our new divisional structure as Backlight Streaming has aligned two teams with complementary tech solutions,” said co-CEO of Backlight Streaming Ed Laczynski.
  • For customers using Wildmoka and iconik or Wildmoka and Zype Streaming Platform, it is now possible to exchange videos transparently between the two platforms.

Backlight Creative Extends and Secures Creative Workflows with New Capabilities and Integrations from iconik, ftrack and Gem Product Lines

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

Global media and entertainment technology company Backlight announced the latest updates and integrations across the Backlight Creative product lines.

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  • Global media and entertainment technology company Backlight announced the latest updates and integrations across the Backlight Creative product lines.
  • Enterprise-scale organizations or agencies with teams working across multiple projects will benefit from new features delivering increased flexibility and security.
  • Multi-domain Support: It is now possible to use one email address or user account to log in to numerous iconik instances or domains.
  • Today’s announcement highlighting new product enhancements from Backlight Creative follows the March release of Backlight Gem, Backlight’s narrative design platform for interactive storytelling.

Grass Valley and Backlight Partner to Streamline Digital Content Creation and Distribution

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230413005343/en/
    Backlight joined the Grass Valley Alliance, a certification program that provides vital benefits to customers, including access to a wide range of systems and solutions that are interoperable with Grass Valley platforms and workflow components.
  • Backlight's cloud-based Wildmoka platform enables media production, repurposing, multi-versioning, and distribution to all types of digital channels.
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    Backlight's cloud-based Wildmoka platform enables media production, repurposing, multi-versioning, and distribution to all types of digital channels.
  • Teams from both Backlight and Grass Valley will be at the NAB Show in Las Vegas.

SRT Alliance Surpasses 600 Members and Welcomes Paramount, Cloudflare, Dolby.io, Chyron, JW Player, THEO Technologies, and EVS

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Friday, March 10, 2023

MONTREAL, March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Haivision (TSX: HAI), a leading global provider of mission-critical, real-time video networking and visual collaboration solutions, today announced that the SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) protocol has garnered near-universal support within the broadcast and streaming industries, with over 600 solution and service providers joining the SRT Alliance within six years.

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  • The latest members of the SRT Alliance include Paramount, Cloudflare, Dolby.io, Chyron, JW Player, THEO Technologies, EVS, BuyDRM, Blackbird, Backlight, and Barco.
  • "SRT continues to influence the way that the world is streaming video," said Pablo Hesse, VP of Strategic Initiatives, Haivision.
  • "Now 600 vendors strong, the SRT Alliance continues to champion the adoption of SRT as the gold standard that global streaming, technology, and broadcast organizations trust for their complete broadcast workflows."
  • "The video industry has benefited greatly from the SRT protocol, especially on the contribution feed side for live video.

Analog Devices Accelerates Sustainability with Intelligent Solutions at embedded world 2023

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Friday, March 10, 2023

Visit Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI) at embedded world 2023 (Nuremberg/Germany, Hall 4A, Booth 360) from March 14-16 to see how our technology is enabling more intelligent systems in Industrial Automation, Intelligent Buildings, Automotive, Sustainable Energy, and Digital Healthcare applications.

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  • Visit Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI) at embedded world 2023 (Nuremberg/Germany, Hall 4A, Booth 360) from March 14-16 to see how our technology is enabling more intelligent systems in Industrial Automation, Intelligent Buildings, Automotive, Sustainable Energy, and Digital Healthcare applications.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230310005102/en/
    Analog Devices accelerates sustainability with intelligent solutions at embedded world 2023.
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    Critical applications such as more sustainable industrial automation, smarter mobility, cleaner energy grid, and life-saving healthcare systems increasingly require more advanced, intelligent technology solutions.
  • ADI’s TMC4671 servo controller and AD8410A current sense amplifier together achieve better performance and efficiency in manufacturing processes.

Backlight to Debut its Narrative Design Solution at GDC

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

Backlight, a global media technology company that dramatically improves every stage of the video and entertainment content lifecycle, will debut its narrative design game development solution, Backlight Gem , to attendees of the 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC).

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  • Backlight, a global media technology company that dramatically improves every stage of the video and entertainment content lifecycle, will debut its narrative design game development solution, Backlight Gem , to attendees of the 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC).
  • Developed in collaboration with client Telltale Games, Backlight Gem helps video game and interactive media studios, design, plan and produce complex story driven experiences to shorten production timelines.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230309005701/en/
    Backlight will debut its narrative design game development solution, Backlight Gem, to attendees of the 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC).
  • This drives demand for tools like Gem that can help developers ideate and manage large-scale narrative design efforts,” said Backlight Gem product manager Stephen Stanford.