Forbidden’s established web-based services are having a significant impact on today’s broadcast and post-production world, as an increasing number of organisations modernise their workflows.

Tue 9th Mar, 2010

Molinare

Molinare chose the FORscene Cloud-based video editing platform for its client Studio Lambert for the new ITV1 production ‘Paradise Lost: Florida’. Jo Crawley, Head of Production, Studio Lambert, said: "We’ve used FORscene on a number of productions because of the savings it delivers". Kate George, Head of Post Production at Molinare post production, commented: "The FORscene solution includes a powerful set of tools. We found it quick and easy to set-up".

Fri 5th Mar, 2010

Recent press

Forbidden is being followed by another website: www.thefuture.tv. You can see recent FORscene stories in their February and March archives.

Thu 4th Mar, 2010

Recent press

The North West media industry publication How Do has an article: "Tapeless technology for Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital documentary". "[Shot] on the tapeless XDCAM EX video systems and uploaded ... using the FORscene Cloud-based video editing platform ... all the clips were available to access through a web-browser, regardless of where they were being filmed".

Wed 3rd Mar, 2010

Recent press

The Regional Industry Resource has included a photograph in their article on FORscene’s use in Children’s Hospital. "With a number of patient stories running throughout shooting, production staff annotated material ... enabling efficient post production editing".

Tue 2nd Mar, 2010

Widescreen

FORscene has around 1,200 hours of professionally shot 16:9 video uploaded each day. Now mobile phones can film in widescreen, a 16:9 option has been added to the Clesh Web upload.

Mon 1st Mar, 2010

Children’s Hospital

Maverick Television selected FORscene for the ITV1 production ‘Children’s Hospital’. Maverick Head of Facilities said: "FORscene was easy to use and flexible when adding important information about stories, leading to a more productive use of edit suites after filming. Giving the Executive Producer access to rushes and cuts regardless of location was amazingly helpful". Sumners Chief Engineer noted: "The support for file based media is a significant addition to the FORscene toolset and we believe that Cloud based solutions will be an important element of project management moving forward".

Fri 26th Feb, 2010

BBC2

Air Post provided FORscene to Transparent Television for logging, search, shot selection and rough cut editing of the the BBC2 programme ‘Restoration Roadshow’. Jo Clements of Air Post said: "FORscene’s flexibility has enabled us to provide it to clients, improving their workflow options".

Thu 25th Feb, 2010

Recent press

The regional site How-Do reports on FORscene’s latest series "May the Best House Win". It notes that 3SixtyMedia, based at Quay Street in Manchester, is jointly owned by ITV Productions and BBC Resources.

Wed 24th Feb, 2010

Recent press

FORscene’s latest production is mentioned in the national press. The Daily Express Small Companies Focus section yesterday morning reported: "Forbidden Technologies was steady at 16p yesterday amid talk of a deal with ITV Manchester’s 3SixtyMedia".

Tue 23rd Feb, 2010

ITV

3SixtyMedia, part of ITV Manchester, has provided FORscene for the post production of ‘May the Best House Win’, produced by Shiver Productions, which began broadcasting yesterday. The Post Production Facilities Coordinator at 3SixtyMedia said: "Having provided FORscene previously, we’re happy to recommend it to our clients as an efficient and effective solution. We are increasingly being asked to provide access to material outside of the edit suite. We have successfully extended the 3Sixty brand to our clients away from the building as we can now deliver our service anywhere".

Mon 22nd Feb, 2010

Recent press

Broadcast talks about Forbidden’s Brightcove partnership in its latest edition: "Broadcasters using Brightcove to publish and distribute content to the web are to be given access to Forbidden Technologies’ cloud-based editing tools from within the online video platform". They list some Brightcove broadcast customers who can now access FORscene through Brightcove: "Current Brightcove customers include Virgin Media Television, BSkyB, UKTV, Channel 4, ITV and Five".

Fri 19th Feb, 2010

BVE summary

Forbidden’s stand was well attended this year, with Cloud Computing firmly entering the lexicon in broadcast post-production. Interest was boosted not only following the packed Cloud panel discussion, which allowed FORscene to show off its world leadership, but from other talks and panels during the show where some of Forbidden’s major customers spoke about the benefits FORscene provides.

Thu 18th Feb, 2010

Recent coverage

Streamingmedia.com reports: "Users of Brightcove’s online video platform are now able to edit video using Forbidden Technologies’ web-based application FORscene", in an extensive article. "The deal is the latest in a series of expansive moves for Forbidden as this innovative UK company looks to exploit a potentially massive business in cloud-based video creation ... Crucial to Brightcove is that searchable metadata added in FORscene can be published with the video and used to direct targeted advertising ... Forbidden’s platform ... is gaining traction among the professional media community partly because of new functionality and codec improvements, and partly as cloud computing enters the lexicon of mainstream production".

Wed 17th Feb, 2010

Cloud computing

Cloud computing simplifies collaboration between both users and suppliers. Forbidden CEO Stephen Streater will be joined on the BVE 2010 Cloud computing panel at 11.45am today by a Forbidden Cloud partner, Chyron’s Todd Martin.

Tue 16th Feb, 2010

BVE 2010

Forbidden’s award winning Cloud-based FORscene platform handles over 1,500 hours of professional material each day. Come and see it for yourself at stand H5 at Broadcast Video Expo 2010, which runs for three days starting from today.

Mon 15th Feb, 2010

Shyama

Obhi Chatterjee’s widescreen feature film Shyama brings Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s classic Bengali dance musical to a global audience for the first time. Its pioneering digital distribution strategy uses a Creative Commons licence which allows personal copying and sharing. The film’s dance star Kaberi said: "Shyama may be one of the first films to have a commercially viable business model based on allowing personal copying and having a free online version".

Thu 11th Feb, 2010

Recent coverage

Forbidden’s new Premier Technology Partner status with Brightcove has led to coverage in several financial sites including TD Waterhouse, Moneyam, Investigate and RTT news. Industry reports include IBTimes, with some background on Brightcove in Broadcast. Formidable Technologies have coverage on Twitter and in their blog.

Wed 10th Feb, 2010

Brightcove partnership

Forbidden has announced a partnership with Brightcove, a major global player in video distribution. Forbidden’s remarkable FORscene video post-production platform integrates with Brightcove through the Cloud, giving Brightcove’s customer base a simple way to improve monetization of their video content.

Mon 1st Feb, 2010

Panel

Forbidden’s Stephen Streater has been invited to join the panel discussion on Cloud Computing at BVE 2010. FORscene is the Cloud’s leading professional video application, with around 1,000,000 hours of professional video handled by the system so far.

Mon 25th Jan, 2010

BVE 2010

Forbidden will be showing off its world class Cloud Computing video platform FORscene at Broadcast Video Expo 2010, the "UK technology event for production, post & delivery". Forbidden’s stand H5 is by the bar.