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Fri 26th Jun, 2009

Results of AGM

Forbidden's AGM this morning was unusually well attended. Before all the resolutions were passed, the Chairman read out the AGM statement.

Tue 23rd Jun, 2009

Investor show videos

At the recent Growth Company Investor Show, Forbidden shot a selection of video presentations given by exhibitors. These have been edited in FORscene and published on the Clesh Showreel.

Fri 19th Jun, 2009

Recent press

This IBE article about Chyron's AXIS system notes: "AXIS also has integrated FORscene". AXIS users can export their graphics into FORscene and then carry on editing in FORscene with their other media, such as video, audio and graphics - all from their initial AXIS log on.

Mon 15th Jun, 2009

AGM

Forbidden's 2009 AGM is being held at 11.00 on Friday 26 June 2009, in the Worple Room, Tuition House, 27-37 St. George's Road, Wimbledon, London. All shareholders are welcome.

Thu 11th Jun, 2009

Show videos

FORscene attracted much interest at yesterday's Show. Forbidden shot a number of exhibitor video interviews there for editing, reviewing, publishing and hosting in FORscene.

Tue 9th Jun, 2009

Show offer

Investors visiting the Forbidden Stand at the Growth Company Investor Show will be eligible for a free Clesh account. Examples of edited videos can be found on the Clesh website.

Mon 8th Jun, 2009

Podcasting

All FORscene and Clesh editors can now request the free podcast upgrade, giving the ability to publish hosted podcasts of their edited videos. Here is an example of such an RSS feed.

Fri 5th Jun, 2009

Growth Company Investor Show

Forbidden is exhibiting on stand 64 of the Growth Company Investor Show. This is being held at the Barbican on 10 June.

Tue 2nd Jun, 2009

Report and Accounts

Copies of the 2008 annual Report and Accounts for Forbidden Technologies have been posted to shareholders today. A PDF is available for download.

Mon 1st Jun, 2009

FORscene Load Mac

FORscene Load allows customers to compress their videos locally making the upload to the Web up to 20 times faster. The latest FORscene Load Mac, v 1.7.12, is now available for download via the Mac tab.

Thu 28th May, 2009

MPEG 2

Forbidden’s broadcast customers now have access to MPEG 2 output. After editing their video in FORscene, broadcasters can export MPEGs from FORscene at broadcast quality for transmission.

Tue 26th May, 2009

Search

FORscene’s content management system allows material to be located rapidly using the built in search engine. Recent upgrades give simpler identification of specific clips matching search terms, as well as an instantaneous incremental search within videos.

Mon 25th May, 2009

Wedding

Forbidden's staff and customers all know Pete. Today we congratulate him on his marriage to Gemma, and wish them both every happiness in their marriage.

Wed 20th May, 2009

Recent press

This week, Broadcast features web-based workflows. The author writes: "The internet may be revolutionising media distribution, but its implications have barely impacted on production itself. That looks set to change as web-based applications begin to substitute traditional post-production methods. Already trialled by a number of producers, the technology has potentially huge ramifications." blue's post-production director Sara Hill adds: "We'd rather work with new systems like FORscene, which particularly benefit producers with reality or ob-doc productions that process large volumes of rushes and have a need for fast turnaround".

Tue 19th May, 2009

Tooltips

As all FORscene’s drag and drop interface does something when you click on it, or drag to or from it, everything has a tooltip - which pops up only when it might be useful. Buttons being explored quickly now give brief tooltips, which are extended for users who persist.

Mon 18th May, 2009

Recent press

"Chyron has integrated Forbidden Technologies’ FORscene web-based video toolkit with its own Axis Graphics web services." reports Broadcast in their Technology News section. They continue: "FORscene is a video editing platform that provides tools for logging, editing and reviewing video via the web. Axis graphics enables users to build broadcast-quality graphics on any PC without the need for special hardware or software".

Fri 15th May, 2009

Recent press

ShareCast reports on Forbidden’s results: "Internet video platform developer Forbidden Technologies narrowed pre-tax losses as it cut costs and revenues soared".

Thu 14th May, 2009

Results

Forbidden has published its 2009 results. You can see the summary page and texts of the Chairman's statement and CEO review here.

Fri 8th May, 2009

Remote support

FORscene users can now give training and support staff live remote access to their accounts, so they can show and be shown in real time. This feature works through firewalls, and (unlike installed software) works without enabling access to local storage.

Wed 6th May, 2009

Buttons

The graphics on FORscene and Clesh are being updated: the new versions are clearer and have a more consistent look. You can see for yourself by opening up a free Clesh trial account.

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