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Fri 30th Jul, 2010
Recent press
Forbidden’s recent announcements have been noticed in the press with the
Telegraph
reporting on the t1ps option exercise,
Business Financial News Wire
and
Digital Look
reporting on the loan repayment, and an
ibtimes
report entitled: Forbidden Technologies grants option to RSV.
Directors’ purchases which included the Chairman’s £72,000 share puchase also attracted attention from
Hargreaves Lansdown,
bullbearings
and
BusinessFinancialNewsWire,
with a mention in the print edition of the Times.
Thu 29th Jul, 2010
iPhone 4
Clesh supports a wide range of cameras.
These holiday videos were shot in HD on the new iPhone 4:
Devon,
Leaning tower of Pisa
and (for download)
MPEG Pisa.
Wed 28th Jul, 2010
Directors’ share purchase
Two of Forbidden’s directors have
bought
Forbidden shares.
Chairman Vic Steel has bought 450,000 and Finance Director Phil Madden has bought 75,000.
Tue 27th Jul, 2010
Option agreement
Following the complete exercise of the option over 2,500,000 shares it granted last year, Forbidden Technologies has
agreed
a further option. This option, over a further 500,000 shares, has an exercise price of 24p per share.
Mon 26th Jul, 2010
Loan repayment
Forbidden has
announced
the repayment of the loan from Chairman, Vic Steel.
As a primarily equity funded business, Forbidden currently has no interest bearing loans.
Fri 23rd Jul, 2010
Option exercise
Forbidden Technologies
announced
today that the t1ps fund had exercised its option over 1,200,000 shares.
The t1ps fund has no further options in Forbidden.
Thu 22nd Jul, 2010
Metadata search
In big projects, metadata describing video content is used in multiple distinct ways.
Search can now be customised for the different use cases.
Wed 21st Jul, 2010
Watch folders
Moving video files on to an industry standard storage device (as for a non-FORscene workflow) can trigger a
FORscene Server
to ingest the content automatically, at the rate of up to 100 hours per day, for logging and rough cut editing in FORscene.
EDL export allows finishing on conventional editing systems.
Tue 20th Jul, 2010
Recent press
Techinvest,
the guide to technology growth shares,
notes
the increase in commercial activity at Forbidden Technologies. It concludes:
"Worth adding to your Speculative Watch List".
Mon 19th Jul, 2010
APIs
FORscene is often integrated into larger systems. Recently released
APIs
allow for communication of media metadata between FORscene and Digital Asset Management
(DAM)
systems.
Fri 16th Jul, 2010
AGM video
Forbidden’s AGM was attended by over a dozen shareholders this year.
The
AGM statement
and AGM were followed by an extensive and detailed question and answer session - and a trip to the pub for lunch.
Thu 15th Jul, 2010
FORscene Server
Since the
launch
of FORscene Server last September, almost all customers now use this for ingest in preference to the older FORscene Load.
The recent series of upgrades to the
GUI
have simplified use and improved integration with other professional systems.
Wed 14th Jul, 2010
Libraries
FORscene gives big customers the power to administer their own site and the multiple accounts within it.
They can now give their customers access to their video libraries through the Library button on the editing interface.
Tue 13th Jul, 2010
Recent coverage
The television website thefuture.tv covers major Forbidden news stories. The most recent story
covered
is Forbidden’s partnership with EditShare.
Mon 12th Jul, 2010
Search
FORscene is the perfect Cloud-based tool for attaching
metadata
to video, audio and graphics - for searching later.
The sophisticated built-in search engine is now faster than ever.
Fri 9th Jul, 2010
Recent press
The investment magazine AimZine has
published
a brief update, mentioning the EditShare partnership.
They also quote from the AGM statement:
"Consistent with our strategy of partnership development we are at an advanced stage of discussion with a number of large international systems integrators.
In each case FORscene would be integrated into a much larger system being marketed internationally".
Thu 8th Jul, 2010
Option exercise
Forbidden today
announced
that SF t1ps has exercised options over a further 55,000 shares.
SF t1ps retains a time-limited option to subscribe for a further 1,200,000 shares.
Wed 7th Jul, 2010
Blog
The influential blog The Rise to the Top has published an
online video guide.
In the Video editing section it says:
"So, you shot your video and now you want to get it up online ...
let’s pretend you want to put your Right Guard on and turn it up a degree, but you don’t want to learn all the fancy and complicated video editors out there.
There is a really unique and intuitive solution called FORscene.
...
FORscene is intuitive, easy and you can do pretty much anything you want (minus world domination) from one screen".
Tue 6th Jul, 2010
Option grant
Forbidden issues share options as a long term incentive for directors and employees.
Those options granted yesterday to directors are listed
here.
Mon 5th Jul, 2010
Analyst’s update
In their 28 June
update
on Forbidden Technologies,
HB Markets comment on the agreement with EditShare:
"This is yet another route to market for FBT ...
and we see this as yet another piece of evidence that FBT's technology has come of age ...
we see FBT as a major winner and maintain our SPECULATIVE BUY".
Fri 2nd Jul, 2010
Analyst’s report
PSQ Analytics have published their
Technology & Telecom Interim Report.
This 66 pages report, which includes a section on Forbidden Technologies,
discusses the growth in Smartphones and other new mobile devices, as well as the growth in video on these devices.
Thu 1st Jul, 2010
Recent press
Broadcast
covers
the implications of Forbidden’s partnership with EditShare. It reports:
"Forbidden’s FORscene video editing and logging server software [will be]
made available as an upgrade to EditShare customers ...
At the same time, new international FORscene customers will be able to buy a combined system from EditShare,
a move that gives FORscene a new route-to-market".
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