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Forbidden Technologies PLC
14 September 2018
14 September 2018
Forbidden Technologies plc
("Forbidden" or the "Company")
Conversion to JavaScript frees the Blackbird
September 14, 2018, London - Forbidden Technologies plc (AIM:
FBT), the developer and seller of Blackbird, the workstation
experience in the cloud, has launched its editing platforms, Ascent
and Forte in JavaScript.
This ground-breaking development allows Blackbird's intuitive
cloud video editing to be used in browsers without additional
configuration or installation of plugins or applications. The
powerful features already available in the Java version of
Blackbird, including ultra-quick logging, clipping, editing,
publishing and distribution of live and non-live video content in
the cloud, are now implemented in the JavaScript version. The
Blackbird editing platforms support editing resolutions of up to
540p and up to 60 frames per second, with publishing from original
sources supported up to 4K.
This significant breakthrough in the development of Blackbird,
which Forbidden first previewed in March this year, has been made
possible by the company's partnership with Leaning Technologies, a
leading provider of web application tools. Forbidden Technologies
used Leaning Technologies' powerful CheerpJ compiler to convert
Java byte code directly into its JavaScript web application.
Blackbird enables secure, ultra-fast, frame-accurate editing and
distribution of video content by anyone, anytime, anywhere on web
and mobile devices using bandwidth as low as 2Mb per second.
Delivering a true incredibly responsive workstation-like experience
in the cloud, Blackbird has worked on over 8m hours of professional
video to date. This has been across multiple sectors globally
including news, sports, eSports, events and broadcast
post-production.
Since the start of the year, Forbidden Technologies plc has
announced Blackbird contracts and partnerships with leading
technology and media companies including TownNews.com, Veritone,
Leaning Technologies, Our House Media, Dragon Touch Systems,
Middlechild, Fanview, ESP Gaming, and Von Johnson Associates.
Forbidden CEO, Ian McDonough said: "We are thrilled to announce
we now have our rich set of cloud-based Blackbird production tools
translated into JavaScript while retaining all of our lightning
quick performance. It is a boundary pushing technical feat that
many people initially thought impossible. Our customers will now
have access to our entire suite of digital production tools for use
through a browser on any hardware that can be operated as low as a
2Mb/s bandwidth connection. This hugely increases the addressable
audience and, as we move to mass take up through our OEM strategy,
it increases the efficiency of new customer onboarding
enormously.
Together with the Mac(R) version of the Blackbird Edge,
announced this week, the Blackbird proxy can also be created
remotely on something as widely available as an Apple(R) laptop
which is then immediately available in the cloud to be edited,
enriched or published."
Forbidden Technologies will be demonstrating Blackbird at IBC
2018 (Hall 1, C27) from 14(th) -18(th) September. For more
information visit: www.blackbird.video/ibc
Enquiries:
Forbidden Technologies plc
Ian McDonough, CEO
Jonathan Lees, Finance Director
Tel: +44 (0)20 8879 7245
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Nick Naylor
John Depasquale
Nicholas Chambers
Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656
About Leaning Technologies:
Leaning Technologies provides its customers with development
tools and professional services to develop large-scale,
high-performance web applications in Java and C/C++. Its
professional services include full porting services, optimisation
and WebAssembly consulting, and enterprise support.
Leaning Technologies offers CheerpJ, a Java-to-JavaScript
compiler, and Cheerp, a C/C++ to JavaScript/WebAssembly compiler.
These solutions enable its users to convert desktop and mobile
applications into web applications effortlessly. Leaning
Technologies was founded by Stefano De Rossi, Massimo Grava, and
Alessandro Pignotti in 2012. It has offices in London, United
Kingdom; and Amsterdam, Netherlands.
About Forbidden Technologies plc:
Forbidden Technologies plc (AIM: FBT, www.forbidden.co.uk)
floated in February 2000.
Forbidden develops, markets and licenses a powerful cloud video
platform using our patented Blackbird technology. The technology
underpins multiple applications which are used by rights holders,
broadcasters, sports and news video specialists, eSports live
events and content owners, post-production houses, other mass
market digital video channels and corporations.
The Blackbird technology allows full visibility on
multi-location digital content, improves time to market for live
content such as video clips and highlights for social media
distribution, and results in much more effective monetisation.
Blackbird(R) is a registered trademark of Forbidden Technologies
plc.
Mac(R) and Apple(R) are trademarks of Apple Inc.
Websites:
www.forbidden.co.uk
www.blackbird.video
Social Media:
www.linkedin.com/company/forbidden
www.twitter.com/forbiddentech
www.facebook.com/ForbiddenTechnologies/
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