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Wed 23rd Dec, 2009
Merry Christmas
The Forbidden News team wishes our readers a very Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
Tue 22nd Dec, 2009
Paganini
As a special treat Forbidden is
publishing
over the Christmas period the 24 Paganini caprices, performed by
Jack Glatzer
on a priceless
Guarneri del Gesù
violin which Paganini himself would have played.
Each caprice is preceded by a short talk about Paganini’s life and technique.
The FORscene player illustrates a couple of recently added features:
the text is fully indexed by search engines, and click through takes you straight to Jack’s website.
Mon 21st Dec, 2009
Media manager
FORscene has many administrative features, some of which are available only to authorised Forbidden staff.
The new Media Manager tab gives productions and facilities houses the ability to bring more media management functions in-house,
increasing the scaleability of the FORscene system as a whole.
Fri 18th Dec, 2009
Christmas card
From time to time Forbidden emails out a FORscene update (and once a year a Christmas card).
If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please send a request to
info@forbidden.co.uk.
Thu 17th Dec, 2009
Recent event
On November 30th, Super Mondays combined with Telly Net to give
SuperTelly.
This was a:
"digital technology event, with several expert speakers offering their insights into the future of digital media"
- including Forbidden’s Greg Hirst on star billing.
Tue 15th Dec, 2009
Clesh Showreel
Consumer websites are looking into how to choose relevant ads to monetise their web video.
Clesh encourages its storyboard users to tag their shots as they edit,
and following the latest upgrade, this text is
available
to
search engines.
Mon 14th Dec, 2009
Patents
Forbidden’s revolutionary FORscene video platform is protected by patents which
cover its codecs and user interface. The latest patent to be granted is a
European patent covering FORscene’s intuitive navigation bar.
Fri 11th Dec, 2009
Analysts
The London Stock Exchange selected Forbidden Technologies as one of a handful of companies to launch its
PSQ Analytics
service.
To meet the growing need for analysts reports arising from its growing success,
Forbidden has commissioned PSQ to publish research for a further two years.
Thu 10th Dec, 2009
Event
Yesterday’s FORscene Christmas Event was held in Soho’s
Alphabet Bar.
Forbidden was joined by senior management from Production and Post-Production.
Wed 9th Dec, 2009
Recent press
The
IBTimes
details the workflow used in Endemol’s use of FORscene for Sky One:
"The production team shot footage across the UK and Italy using Sony XDCAM-EX and HDCAM.
Tapeless rushes were uploaded into FORscene using FORscene Load-Linux at post-production facility Crow TV".
The
Daily Express
City section also picked up on the story.
Tue 8th Dec, 2009
Tapeless
As a standard component in broadcast workflows,
FORscene supports many cameras and video formats.
Tom Leeburn, Endemol Production Manager of Football’s next Star,
said:
"FORscene has opened up our content to all of the production team,
allowing them to view content, whether from tape or tapeless media.
We made full use of the ability to search through our logs to help us manage our media".
Mon 7th Dec, 2009
Mac upgrade
FORscene Load Mac
v 1.9.7
has been released. In addition to the advanced compression, proxying and HD conform functions of the 1.8 versions,
this later version includes a new source management system.
Fri 4th Dec, 2009
Formidable
Forbidden’s Canada based distributor, Formidable Technologies, has a new
website.
From its head office in Toronto, Formidable has promoted FORscene to a wide range of customers since 2005.
Wed 2nd Dec, 2009
Twitter
Forbidden has a
Twitter
page. Full stories can be found on Forbidden’s
news
pages.
Tue 1st Dec, 2009
Christmas event
Forbidden is holding an invitation-only FORscene Christmas Event on the evening of Wednesday 9th December.
Members of the production and post-production communities can call for details.
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