News and Events - November 2003

Thu 27th Nov, 2003

Editing tools

Forbidden Technologies is developing a suite of editing tools for Internet video post production. These tools are designed for ease of use. Integration with our compression technology allows important new features that are not possible using traditional methods.

Tue 25th Nov, 2003

Google ads update

Forbidden's internet advertising campaign on Google, reported on last month, is continuing to gather momentum. Impressions now run into hundreds of thousands, with thousands of new users accessing this website as a result.

Mon 24th Nov, 2003

FORmobile update

Forbidden has signed up with Bango.net. Users can now trigger installation of our Symbian mobile phone player with a text message, from which Forbidden receives revenue. We will shortly be making our trial site public.

Wed 19th Nov, 2003

Live from Wimbledon

The Forbidden Technologies website now has live video round-the-clock. The Java player starts automatically when the web page is opened. Broadband users see large pictures at high frame rate; smaller pictures are provided for modem users or when the server is busy.

Tue 18th Nov, 2003

Save the Children

As part of their new website, Save the Children have put up another Forbidden format video.

Mon 17th Nov, 2003

New recruit

We would like to welcome Mark, our latest recruit, to our software development team.

Fri 14th Nov, 2003

Staff update

We would like to thank David, who finishes today, for his thoughtful work throughout the year. His main areas have been on product design and improving internal development systems and processes.

Wed 12th Nov, 2003

SDSL

Forbidden is joining the BT SDSL (Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line) trial. SDSL is similar to the more common ADSL, but supports fast upload as well as fast download. This is ideal for applications such as FORlive, where broadband videos can be uploaded live on to a web server for redistribution, or broadcast directly over the internet.

Mon 10th Nov, 2003

Live demonstration

Forbidden Technologies has linked up with Travel Media Solutions and the World Travel Market 2003 Exhibition for the first public demonstration of FORlive, Forbidden's live video streaming solution.

Thu 6th Nov, 2003

Strategy day

Forbidden has held a further strategy day. We have assessed the progress of our latest product range, including FORpresentation, FORmobile, and FORlive, and thought through our strategy for the coming years.

Tue 4th Nov, 2003

FORmobile

Forbidden's mobile video application FORmobile, which has a web demonstration here, is now available for download by selected users. Content owners and other potential customers of FORmobile can contact Liz for details of the URL. We support download both via a PC and directly over the air.

Mon 3rd Nov, 2003

FORpresentation upgrade

Forbidden has upgraded our recently launched internet/intranet video presentation product. In addition to Internet Explorer, FORpresentation now also supports Mozilla-style web browsers.