Dawn Airey Joins Board of Blackbird

Former Channel 5 CEO Dawn Airey is joining the board of the cloud video platform Blackbird as a non-executive director.

Most recently, Airey spent three years as CEO of Getty Images, prior to which she spent two years as senior VP at Yahoo!’s EMEA office. She has held leadership positions at a number of major U.K. media companies, including as president of a unit of RTL Group, Channel 5’s parent company, and chairwoman and chief executive of Channel 5, where she oversaw all operations.

Andrew Bentley, chairman of Blackbird, said: “We are delighted that Dawn is joining the board where we know she will make a great contribution. Dawn has a wealth of relevant and valuable senior media industry experience across her remarkable career and the whole board looks forward to working with her in order to grow shareholder value.”

Ian McDonough, CEO of Blackbird, said: “It’s a real coup to have someone of Dawn’s calibre and media industry stature join our board. Her international experience and network make her an ideal candidate and align perfectly with our global strategy, and the executive team are looking forward to working with her.”

Airey commented: “I am excited to be joining the formidable team at Blackbird. The video technology that has been developed is extraordinary. I look forward to playing a part in guiding and amplifying its global potential.”

Blackbird develops, markets and licenses a cloud video platform using its patented technology that underpins multiple applications, which are used by rights holders, broadcasters, sports and news video specialists, eSports live events and content owners, post-production houses, other mass market digital video channels and corporations.