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Channel 5 acquires FORscene server
Channel 5 acquires FORscene server.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 3641R Forbidden Technologies PLC 25 October 2013 \n \n\n \n25 October 2013\n \nForbidden Technologies plc\n(\"Forbidden\" or the \"Company\")\n \nChannel 5 acquires FORscene server \n \nForbidden Technologies plc (AIM: FBT), the AIM-quoted owner and developer of the market leading cloud video platform, FORscene, is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement for the broadcaster, Channel 5, to acquire and integrate a FORscene server into its workflow with immediate effect. \n \nAgreement follows a six-month trial which impressed Channel 5 with its workflow efficiencies. Channel 5 staff had successfully used the system without the need for formal training and were ultimately influential in the decision to purchase. FORscene proved especially valuable as a logging and rough-cut tool on the programme \"Go Hard or Go Home\" where it replaced tape and paper-based logging. \n \nChannel 5 will deploy FORscene from the outset of its next production, \"The Great Christmas Toy Giveaway\" and plans to test the full potential of the platform.\n \nClaire Freeman, head of post-production at Channel 5, said:\n \n\"I have been impressed by FORscene's capabilities during the trial and I look forward to exploring the full depth of the system's merit as our workflows develop.\" \n \nStephen Streater, CEO, Forbidden Technologies plc, said:\n \n\"I first worked with Channel 5 back in 2005 when it became the first broadcaster to log a TV series in FORscene. In the eight years since then, FORscene has been transformed into something far more than a logging tool. Its simplicity and power make it well suited to logging and sync pulls at Channel 5 and its editing functions are an added bonus.\"\n \n \n-Ends-\n \n \nAbout Forbidden Technologies\nForbidden Technologies plc (AIM: FBT, www.forbidden.co.uk) floated in February 2000.\n \nThe Company develops and delivers cloud-based solutions for collaborative video post-production. Its flagship product, FORscene, is one of the world's most advanced cloud-based video post-production platforms. Launched at IBC in 2004, FORscene has been used to log, edit, review, and publish more than 3 million hours of professional video content. Forbidden partners with high-profile media and te...