News and Events - July 2008
Thu 31st Jul, 2008
Share purchase
Phil Madden, Finance Director of Forbidden Technologies plc, has purchased 34,197 Forbidden shares. Here is a copy of the announcement.
Wed 30th Jul, 2008
Proxy box
FORscene proxy boxes cache locally hundreds of hours of video as it is reviewed or edited. FORscene users at the same site are served by the proxy box, minimising internet use - while still allowing collaborative access of these videos from anywhere via the main FORscene servers. The FORscene proxy box is an ideal solution for companies with busy internet connections.
Tue 29th Jul, 2008
North America trip
Forbidden's Business Development Director, Greg Hirst, is now back in the UK following his trip to the US and Canada. A significant amount of Forbidden's revenue now comes from overseas.
Mon 28th Jul, 2008
AAF
FORscene's AAF export has been extended to allow more detailed metadata to be carried through to Avids with the edits themselves. This new AAF feature was demonstrated live as part of a complete end-to-end HD workflow in front of an invited audience of production companies organised by Breathe Post last week.
Fri 25th Jul, 2008
Speed test
FORscene runs over the internet on Windows, Mac OS and even Linux PCs. This free service is a simple way to assess your connection speed.
Thu 24th Jul, 2008
Share purchase
Greg Hirst, Business Development Director of Forbidden Technologies plc, has purchased 50,000 Forbidden shares for his pension fund. You can see a copy of the announcement here.
Wed 23rd Jul, 2008
Server upgrade
The Forbidden server array used for paid pilots, shareholders and the Clesh Showreel is being upgraded. The first server has already been replaced by a new faster server with an additional 2,000 hours of capacity.
Tue 22nd Jul, 2008
Mac upgrade
FORscene Load Mac 1.6.10 is available for download from the website. This version allows users to log in under their own user name rather than by account name, increasing security and traceability.
Mon 21st Jul, 2008
Breathe Post
Breathe Post is staging an event on Wednesday 23 July with a live demonstration of their new FORscene HD workflow: shooting, uploading, remote logging, web-based editing, remote voice over, HD on-line finishing and remote review and approval. Production companies can book a place by phoning Kyran on 020 7426 5121.
Fri 18th Jul, 2008
HolidayNet
The holiday & travel information site HolidayNet.com is Forbidden's travel partner. They are offering travel video clips from their 2,500 hours of professionally shot content to the industry, with no up-front cost. Nicholas Rogovsky, travel film director and MD of HolidayNet, said: "The TIA reports page visits where video is present up by 29% and conversions to booking up by an average of 26%. Our independently produced video content allows all tour operators and travel agents easy access to video for their own product marketing".
Thu 17th Jul, 2008
Proxy box
The FORscene Linux proxy box can capture 24 hour video streams locally. FORscene's efficient navigation then gives quick access to material relevant for review and editing, which is uploaded in real time as required. By using client machines for the CPU intensive tasks of compression and playback, the FORscene proxy box scales well to multiple 24-hour TV channels.
Wed 16th Jul, 2008
myAWOL press
Forbidden's LA-based partner myAWOL, which is preparing to showcase Clesh and FORscene, is already starting to attract press comment. In its article A Music Label For The Digital Age, Techcrunch says: "The big music labels have made it patently obvious that they don't know how to deal with the internet ... myAWOL (My Artists Without Labels) ... is taking a multi-pronged approach to tackle the music industry with the web".
Tue 15th Jul, 2008
AGM
The Forbidden Technologies plc 2008 Annual General Meeting is to be held at 11.00am on Friday 5th September, 2008 in Forbidden's new Wimbledon HQ. Our 1,800 shareholders are welcome to attend.
Mon 14th Jul, 2008
Mac upgrade
FORscene Load Mac version 1.6.9 is now available for download. This tidies up a few loose ends such as simplifying the options and improving the video quality with the latest video codec.
Fri 11th Jul, 2008
myAWOL
Forbidden has an increasing range of partnerships around the world. Its LA-based partner myAWOL is incorporating Forbidden's world-leading Clesh and FORscene web video tools into their definitive internet music site, to be launched later this year.
Wed 9th Jul, 2008
Shareholder offer
As a quoted company, Forbidden Technologies plc offers external shareholders complimentary accounts on FORscene, its award winning internet video suite. In addition, people wishing to take advantage of Clesh can gain immediate access by signing up on the web.
Tue 8th Jul, 2008
White balance
Colour differences between artificial light / daylight, or light at different times of day, show up on video. FORscene allows a simple way to set which colour appears as white, allowing scenes shot in different light to be matched. The example video below shows the subtle but perceptible changes in colour before and after white balance is applied:
Mon 7th Jul, 2008
JPEG export
FORscene can publish and host videos in a wide range of formats. The new image export button allows stills from edited videos to be published and hosted too, as can be seen in this example.
Wed 2nd Jul, 2008
Results posting
Forbidden's annual results have been posted to shareholders and will be arriving shortly.
