Beyond Live Streaming – brand benefits & monetisation
Live streaming looks to be a growing trend for 2018. It’s no surprise, its popularity has seen the likes of Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook Live provide live video streams to all their users. As real-time engagement…
Read MoreFilling the void before Video over IP
The Video industry has changed drastically in the last 10 years, 3D stereoscopic has come (and gone) and video resolutions have risen to 4K and beyond. As demands for providing video content for ‘every platform, everywhere’…
Read MoreMeltdown and Spectre
Introduction In my AI blog series, I have discussed the power of inductive logic and its weakness – a vulnerability to Black Swans. There are many possible realities which fit with known facts, only some of which…
Read MoreForbidden’s Vision: the Why
Why Forbidden? People often ask me this. They are asking about the name, of course, but the bigger question is about the company itself. This is important because Forbidden is a visionary company. I set up…
Read MoreForscene wins twice at mobile marketing awards!
It’s been a good week for Forscene: 6 new productions have signed up to use our professional video editing software, the commercial team have been busy networking at SVG Europe SportTech in Dublin – oh, and…
Read MoreSix years of NAB – the evolution of Forscene
The start of NAB Show is just days away and I’m on my way to Vegas today. I’ve been making the trip with Forbidden Technologies to exhibit Forscene every year since 2011, and the company and…
Read MoreCaptioning the future; or are we already there?
Captioning is something that has always been an issue in post-production. It doesn’t make sense to tie up an edit suite and editor to do it, so sending it to a specialist subtitling department is the…
Read MoreForscene in 2015: a year in review
What a year for Forscene in 2015. From signing new clients to bringing out the latest features, our professional video editing software has gone from strength to strength. On the event side, we had three very…
Read MoreWhy we need Forscene resellers abroad
So I’ve just spent the last couple of days at BITAM in Madrid – an “International show of broadcast, IT, audio and media”. It’s comparable to BVE although on a much smaller scale. Probably more like…
Read MoreWhy I joined Forbidden Technologies
I’ve spent the last 20 years of my career in sports production and sports technology, from the long nights as producer of a British institution, Match of The Day, to building deltatre into a market leading sports technology provider. It was…
Read MoreBlackbird is best-of-breed
Jon Hanford - Group CTO, Deltatre