News and Events - July 2005
Fri 29th Jul, 2005
Server upgrade
We have been upgrading our local Wimbledon web server. This does not affect those FORscene users on our big internet backbone servers.
Tue 26th Jul, 2005
IBC2005
Forbidden is exhibiting at IBC2005, Europe's biggest broadcast show. The focus will be on FORscene, Forbidden's radical installation-free software for logging, editing, reviewing and web/mobile publishing.
Fri 22nd Jul, 2005
Summer student
Forbidden welcomes back Paul, who is taking a break from his busy student schedule to help out with a couple of projects at Forbidden.
Wed 20th Jul, 2005
Recent press
The Televisual supplement this month talks about FORscene: "Another innovation in editing is an off-the-web platform from Forbidden Technologies ... for producers and directors working remotely there could be big benefits from this technology - just find an internet connection and any PC and you can be editing in minutes".
Tue 19th Jul, 2005
Recent press
Human Resources quotes Forbidden Technologies funded research: "while 80% of global organisations believed internal communications were as important as external, more than 60% thought they did not communicate well with their internal audiences". With the latest upgrades to FORscene, providing web publishers with chapters, slides and most recently colour correction, companies with access to the web should have no difficulty getting their message across.
Mon 18th Jul, 2005
Colour correction
FORscene, Forbidden's logging, editing, review and publishing software, has been upgraded again. In the latest versions, you can set brightness and contrast of each clip, before clients review videos or they are published.
Fri 15th Jul, 2005
Recent press
Investors Chronicle says: "... And the possibility of home or even cyber cafe editing has clear implications for facilities houses, as Forbidden will again be showing off its editing and publishing system at September's International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam".
Thu 14th Jul, 2005
Work experience
Georgie, who is on work experience this week, has been joined by Justin and Alex for a couple of days. Together, they are making a video about Wimbledon.
Wed 13th Jul, 2005
Recent press
Televisual reports: "Nats pilots web-based editing kit". The article explains: "Forscene is a Java-enabled editing and logging system that runs in a web browser - this means it can run on any PC as there is no software installation... The facility is piloting the product with ... broadcast clients as part of its development cycle".
Tue 12th Jul, 2005
Cache upgrade
FORscene now comes with better cache performance. This is particularly noticeable on the most popular version of Java, version 1.4, and improves performance on slower connections.
Thu 7th Jul, 2005
Slideshows and chapters
FORscene, the world's leading installation-free software for remote access video logging, content management, editing, web/mobile publishing and client review, has been upgraded again. The current version supports slideshows and chapters. Slides can be edited in alongside the video. The exact start and end frames of the slides and chapters can be edited, along with the video, audio and comments, using FORscene's active timeline. When published on the web by FORscene, viewers can (without having to install any software) watch the video/audio with associated slides, or select only particular chapters to look through.
Wed 6th Jul, 2005
Logging update
Logging is a vital feature for professional programme makers, and internet access to material is proving a valuable bonus. FORscene's new logging capability is in full use, with hundreds of hours of video material being logged and reviewed by around twenty loggers, PDs and researchers.
Tue 5th Jul, 2005
Recent press
The Security Park news portal for security professionals says: "Forbidden Technologies has announced a partnership with MyGARD, to develop a video security solution to deliver real-time video footage directly across the Internet, to the PCs and mobile handsets of businesses and monitoring facilities." John Steel, CEO of MyGARD said, "The ability to deliver video to mobile handsets is a major step forward in our remote monitoring capability".
