Feb
6
Blackmagic Design arrives in Manchester
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Blackmagic Design, an Australian manufacturer of video cards and converters for the post production and broadcast industries, has announced plans to open its first UK office in Manchester.
Blackmagic Design, an Australian manufacturer of video cards and converters for the post production and broadcast industries, has announced plans to open its first UK office in Manchester.
The company’s other offices are in California, Singapore, Holland and Beijing.
The Manchester office will initially be home to both sales and support staff.
The company’s product range is increasingly being made available through resellers. It claims to be the world’s ‘only independent developer of driver software for uncompressed video hardware for the creative markets’.
The company’s products are used by post production companies and broadcasters around the globe. Blackmagic’s HQ and R&D base is in south Melbourne.
The company declined to explain why it had chosen Manchester as its UK HQ. However, the company’s stated focus on digital development and new broadcast media suggests that the prospect of mediacity:uk had a role to play in the company’s decision.
Part of the BBC’s move to Salford Quays will involve several hundred new media, R&D and ‘Future Technology’ staff and Peel Media is optimistic the coming years will see numerous spin-off companies starting up in the sector.