Forbidden Technologies PLC
05 September 2007
5 September 2007
Forbidden provides broadcast quality video output from its web video tool,
FORscene
Web-based video editing comes of age
Web video specialists Forbidden Technologies plc is launching FORscene DV, a
broadcast quality upload and export capability for its collaborative web-based
editing and publishing platform, at IBC 2007.
The Directors believe that this is the first application of its kind - browse
quality is uploaded from location and edited centrally by experts; the FORscene
DV system then uploads at broadcast quality those video frames used in the final
edit and reconstructs the programme for download by broadcasters.
This continues the trend towards browser based applications such as search,
auctions, retail, information resources and social networking. FORscene DV
enables professionals to edit broadcast items shot on location with entirely
web-based tools.
Currently, three ways to get video back from location for broadcast have been
to:
(1) use an expensive high speed link such as a satellite;
(2) wait for a courier or slow electronic connection; and
(3) use journalists to edit the video on location.
The Directors believe that FORscene DV avoids some of the pitfalls with these
methods. The process avoids the wasteful upload of unused footage at broadcast
quality, saving time and cost. It also avoids the need to provide local editing
software and expertise. It has become viable with advances in internet speeds
and tools.
The application is of particular relevance in time critical reporting, such as
news. On location journalists with a DV camera can concentrate on filming,
leaving the video editing to professionals who have access to the wider context,
as well as library footage. In addition, companies selling video footage can
give browse access for shot selection. Having chosen video material, customers
can download the broadcast quality clips through the web interface.
For further information please contact:
Stephen B. Streater, Forbidden Technologies plc 020 8879 7245
Jon Fitzpatrick, Corporate Finance, Brewin Dolphin Securities 0845 213 4222
Adrian Duffield, College Hill 020 7457 2020
About Forbidden Technologies plc
Forbidden Technologies plc http://www.forbidden.co.uk/ develops and markets
innovative products for video distribution over the fixed line and wireless
Internet.
Forbidden's flagship product, FORscene, is a web-based tool for video post
production, (logging, editing, reviewing and publishing) for broadcast, Internet
and mobile video. Its Java design allows modern PCs, Macs and Linux machines to
use FORscene without any software installation or hardware upgrades. Its
interface is designed to be intuitive, responsive, reliable and accessible
anywhere, anytime.
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