News and Events - June 2007
Fri 29th Jun, 2007
Staff update
After six years of outstanding service, Wendy is moving on from rôle as PA to the CEO and Office Manager. All the staff at Forbidden thank her for her exceptional contribution over that time and wish her well in her new job.
Thu 28th Jun, 2007
CALM
The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is delivering comedy across the net, using FORscene to podcast its incredibly successful Stand Up To Stop Suicide comedy night. Jane Powell, national director of CALM, said: "The ability to publish podcasts of the event quickly is ... especially important when targeting a youth audience. With Forbidden’s help we have been able to turn around the production of these podcasts in a few days, which has kept up the momentum on this most important campaign".
Wed 27th Jun, 2007
Report and Accounts
Forbidden's shareholders should by now have all received the latest Report and Accounts. These are also available on request directly from Forbidden Technologies.
Tue 26th Jun, 2007
Recent press
Broadcast reports this week: "Platform Post Production has adopted Forbidden Technologies web-based editing system FORscene ... Platform will also use the review function to distribute edits to production executives for feedback".
Mon 25th Jun, 2007
Broadcast Live summary
The FORscene web-based video solution was Forbidden's main feature at Broadcast Live this year, and it attracted a consistently high level of interest. Visitors are continuing to sign up for the free show trial account, taking the opportunity to sample the benefits the web brings.
Thu 21st Jun, 2007
Broadcast Live 2007
Stephen Streater, Forbidden's CEO, will be giving the last in his series of talks on the future shape of the video industry with a second talk on Citizen Journalism in the Deliver theatre at 14:45. Visitors who wish to experiment for themselves should visit Forbidden's stand and collect a free user name with access to the BL07 account.
Wed 20th Jun, 2007
Broadcast Live 2007
Broadcast Live 2007 visitors who had to stand at yesterday's two talks by the Forbidden Technologies CEO have an opportunity to come early and get a seat at today's talk: "Exploiting Assets" is at 15:30 in the Manage theatre.
Tue 19th Jun, 2007
Broadcast Live 2007
Visitors to Broadcast Live 2007 today will be able to see two talks by Forbidden's CEO, Stephen Streater. The first, Citizen Journalism, is at 11.45 in the Deliver section with the second, on Mashups, at 14:00 in the Manage section. Forbidden Technologies is exhibiting at stand G58, which is next to the Deliver and Manage theatres.
Mon 18th Jun, 2007
EDL import
FORscene now accepts Edit Decision List (EDL) import from Avid and Final Cut. FORscene also supports EDL export to these systems, so edits started in FORscene can move to a high end system for editing by Avid/FCP editors, and then back again for wide area review, comment and fine tuning.
Fri 15th Jun, 2007
Broadcast Live show offer
Forbidden is showing off FORscene at Broadcast Live next week. At this year's event, Forbidden has a promotional offer giving professionals a chance to get started with FORscene.
Thu 14th Jun, 2007
Ravensbourne
FORscene is being used by another university. Ravensbourne College of Design and Communications is showcasing Forbidden's FORscene web-based editing, publishing and hosting system at their annual Rave On Air event this week, where student Citizen Journalists are creating and publishing videos on a wide range of topics.
Wed 13th Jun, 2007
2006 results
Forbidden Technologies plc announced its full year results this morning. The Chairman's Statement and Chief Executive Review are reproduced here.
Tue 12th Jun, 2007
Corporate video
Green Dimension have published a promotional video of one of their products ranges: the WES wind turbine. The 80kW and 250kW turbines can make a significant contribution to on-site energy requirements for business and community sites.
Fri 8th Jun, 2007
Recent press
Gadget Candy has picked up on Mr Paparazzi's use of Clesh: "Powered by Forbidden Technologies, users submit the video footage they’ve caught on camera phone, digicam or camcorder to Mr Paparazzi, and wait to see if it’s good enough to bring in the bucks".
Thu 7th Jun, 2007
Recent press
Shiny Shiny enthuses about the latest Clesh customer, Mr Paparazzi: "Snap like a pap, and your pics of celebrities could end up earning you big bucks ... The Mr Paparazzi site works with Forbidden Technologies to allow everyday users armed with nothing more than camera phone footage, to easily upload video footage and pictures to the website ... You'll feel very Tarantino using all these tools, and there are really straightforward instructions to walk you through the process".
Wed 6th Jun, 2007
Finance
Forbidden has signed a loan agreement with two of its Directors. The agreement is to provide finance for the foreseeable future.
Mon 4th Jun, 2007
Security
Banks and other secure websites use the https protocol to ensure passwords are secure. FORscene now forces users to log on through this protocol.
Fri 1st Jun, 2007
Clesh moderation
Websites which make Clesh available to their users have a moderation option. Visitors to their site can edit video in Clesh and drop their edited video into the Clesh moderation bin. The website managers then have the full power of FORscene available to check (and edit) the videos before publishing them on their website.
