Matador has received some highly prestigious awards in recent years at major trade shows such as IBC and NAB.
27/11/06 - FBBT Nominated For Most Innovative Product Award.
BELFAST , Northern-Ireland – November 27, 2006 - FBBT (Fighting Bull Technologies Limited) has been nominated for a prestigious Technical Innovation Award by the Irish Software Association (ISA).
The Irish Software Association (ISA) has represented the interests of software and computing services in Ireland since 1978, and is the principal trade association for the software industry in Ireland .
Chairman of the Irish Software Association Bernadette Cullinan said: “The caliber of this year's short-listed companies reflects the mature resurgence of the software industry and confidence of indigenous firms after the dot.com bust of 2001. This year the ISA has supported many indigenous companies in achieving scale, particularly through enhancing their leadership capabilities. The short-listed companies have all demonstrated they are, or have the potential to be, world-beaters.”
Rick Bolin, FBBT CEO, added “The Broadcast Industry has evolved into a software-based environment and this nomination underscores the innovation accomplished by FBBT. The company will continue to lead innovative developments in broadcasting and the whole of Ireland .”
“I want to thank the Irish Software Association for recognizing the inventiveness of FBBT's employees and FBBT's investors for their support. The employees and investors deserve all the credit.”
03/05/06 - Belfast-Based FBBT Wins Prestigious International Award
Belfast , Northern Ireland (May 3, 2006) - FBBT (Fighting Bull Broadcast Technologies (UK) Ltd.) has won a prestigious Broadcast Engineering PICK HIT award at NAB2006 in Las Vegas , USA . This is the second major award for Matador™ ; the first dedicated Operational Support System (OSS) for broadcasters which also collected a Best New Technology award following September's IBC in Amsterdam .
According to Broadcast Engineering Magazine, the Pick Hit awards are the industry's longest-running new product technology awards, having been given for more than 20 years, and have become the most coveted and distinguished awards at NAB. Eligible products must be new and not shown at a previous NAB convention, have a positive impact on the intended users' everyday work and offer substantial improvement over previous technology. The anonymous judges are readers of Broadcast Engineering Magazine and working professionals in the broadcast, post and network, and satellite industries.
"Winning this significant award on the heels of the IBC Best New Technology Award underscores the immense impact Matador™ is having on the broadcasting industry. I am especially pleased for the employees who have shaped the product and the investors who made it possible." explains FBBT CEO Rick Bolin .
Matador™ provides precise, real-time analysis of the broadcast infrastructure for engineers and a wealth of underlying financial and operational detail for managers.
It builds on 15 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, where OSS is an established technology sector worth over $35 billion a year.
04/10/05 -
FBBT Wins 'Best of IBC' Award
Selected by TVBEurope, TVB USA , The IBC Daily
FBBT's MatadorT has been awarded a prestigious "Best of IBC" Award by TVB Europe Magazine.
The awards spotlight what editor Fergal Ringrose refers to as "the very best new product innovations at IBC2005."
"We were especially looking", he added, "for new products that clearly show the potential to make money, or save money, for end users, rather than clever technology for technology's sake."
FBBT CEO Rick Bolin comments: "We are very pleased to receive this award, and particularly because TVBE made such a point of highlighting the importance of new products which deliver economic benefits to their users. That's why we have developed MatadorT. It's all about increasing efficiency, maximizing ROI and lowering the total cost of ownership of the infrastructure base in broadcasting."
IBC 2005 was the biggest ever, attracting over 43,000 attendees to the exhibition and the conference.
