Producers' dinner
Forbidden Technologies is hosting the next in its series of industry dinners tonight. The record attendance reflects the growing interest in Forbidden’s products, particularly FORscene. The demonstration will include the latest features, which all users will…
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Save the Children have put a video update of Band Aid on their home page. The video, compressed using FORweb, comes with subtitles.
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“JUST WHEN everyone thought the the video editing business was sorting itself out, along comes someone offering free editing software.”, says AV Magazine. “… Users can log onto Forbidden’s specialist web site and use its browser-based…
Read MoreFORdv 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…
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