FORdv download
The free download of FORdv is now available. FORdv takes video from a mini-DV camera or tape machine, compresses it, and uploads it straight to your FORscene account. You can find FORscene details at http://forscene.net/.
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Revolution magazine has a wide ranging article about video on the web. Discussing the possibilities for web video, they quote Forbidden’s Liz Mackenzie: “Mackenzie argues that the ultimate application would allow users to edit and personalise…
Read MoreTapeless production
Broadcast’s Tapeless Production conference today was well attended. The BBC Head of Technology for Production’s ideal system worked through firewalls on every desktop. ITV news described their transition from tape to a server based system. Adstream…
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The FT-IT mobile review discusses standards. “Media companies seem pragmatic on the standards issue … vice-president of Universal Music’s eLabs, the label’s new media division [says]: ‘… it’s better to have a system out there than…
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Shares magazine says: “Forbidden Technologies develops video compression technology that enables users to play videos over the internet without downloading a specific player … The company has clearly researched its target market … when that pivotal…
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The Financial Times has an article “Making money securely out of mobile music”. “… persuading users to to pay for downloads to their mobile phones might be only the start. Better still if they can forward…
Read MoreSave The Children
Save The Children is a regular user of Forbidden’s FORweb. Videos can be sized to fit any web page and bandwidth. You can see Save’s latest video on their home page.
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QL reports on the “Communications Confusion” highlighted by Forbidden sponsored research. “The survey questioned 100 heads of internal communications within the UK’s top 500 corporates”. Forbidden’s FORpresentation product is a simple way of combining video with…
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The IEE Review talks about web publishing and mobile distribution using Viewtooth: “The technology, developed by UK company Forbidden Technologies, was used during IBC to deliver highlights from the daily IBC TV News show to thousands of…
Read MoreSo psyched to part of the A+E Networks deployment of Blackbird.
Kevin Tobin - Senior Director of Production, A+E Networks