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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Forbidden Technologies PLC\n11 January 2006\n\nForbidden Technologies and Simply Stream TV partner with Tiscali\n\nConsumer video editing tool is launched through ISP\n\nVideo streaming and editing specialists, Forbidden Technologies plc today\nannounces a strategic partnership with Tiscali, the internet and broadband\ncompany, through its distribution partner Simply Stream TV for the launch of\nForbidden's new Clesh (Clip Load Edit Share) consumer editing package through\nthe ISP's portal.\n\nOne of the first Web 2.0 applications providing a truly interactive user\nexperience through the Internet, Clesh is a scaled down consumer version of\nForbidden's award winning FORscene package that is being used in the post\nproduction industry by broadcasters. It allows consumers to experience the\nfunctionality and features of FORscene to edit and share their own video and\nmobile phone footage on the Internet, through a home PC. In December 2005,\nFORscene won the Royal Television Society award for technology in the post\nproduction process.\n\nStephen Streater, Chief Executive of Forbidden Technologies, commented:\n\n'Clesh is a new and exciting Web 2.0 application. The concept of web based\napplications has been popularised with web-based email access. Clesh pushes this\nidea much further: using Clesh, consumers can create their own videos and\npublish them for viewing on the web or on mobile phones from almost any\ncomputer. Clesh is a fully integrated system allowing creation and sharing of\nvideo as never before. Forbidden is using its technology for internet video in\nnew and radical ways, and the launch partnership with Tiscali is a true\ntestament to the capabilities and promise of Clesh.'\n\nRichard Ayres, Portal Director and Editor at Tiscali.co.uk, said:\n\n'The launch of the Clesh package will allow consumers that next level of\nfunctionality when it comes to editing their footage and sharing videos with\nfamily and friends. You only need to look at the success of Forbidden's\nprofessional product to see that Clesh has enormous potential, and we are\ndelighted to be the first to offer it to our users on its launch.'\n\nThe package will be launched on the Tiscali portal, www.tiscali.co.uk, in\nJanuary 2006 with a competition to create the best video of 'where you would\nrather be' using Clesh. Additional video content is ...