News and Events - August 2006

Wed 30th Aug, 2006

FORscene Load upgrade

Uploading video into FORscene from a Mac has just got easier. FORscene Load Mac version 1.4.7 has a fully functioning queue for Quicktime movies and graphics. Compress and upload progress bars are particularly useful to ADSL users, and videos can even be edited while they are being uploaded.

Tue 29th Aug, 2006

Citizen journalism

The arrival of the latest generation of mobile phones, such as the Nokia N93, is heralding the arrival of citizen journalism as a force in content creation. The IBC Citizen journalism programme this year uses the FORscene mobile system.

Wed 23th Aug, 2006

FCP integration

Forbidden has added to FORscene a corresponding XML option to the EDL option for Avid mentioned below. Users of Apple's Final Cut Pro now enjoy the benefits already enjoyed by Avid users, extending the range of tasks suitable for journalists and other staff with less experience of video editing.

Thu 17th Aug, 2006

Avid integration

As productions extend the range of features they use in FORscene, Forbidden has added a new export format to Avid. Rough cuts made in FORscene by producer/directors can be reliably conformed on Avid, even when they include clips which the Avid would not normally be able to ingest because of time code breaks and gaps.

Mon 14th Aug, 2006

IBC Television News

IBC Television News makes news video about IBC during the exhibition, and have chosen Forbidden's FORscene to distribute their mobile videos. Details of how to access their branded player are available on the IBC TV News site.

Tue 8th Aug, 2006

Downtime

After a continuous service of 510 days, Forbidden's main FORscene server will be down for a few minutes this evening for an upgrade. This will not affect television programmes in production.

Thu 3th Aug, 2006

Storyboard

The storyboard for Forbidden's FORscene internet video platform is now in beta test. Adventurous users can email Forbidden to find out how to enable it.