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Forbidden wins RTS award

Video streaming and editing specialist, Forbidden Technologies, has won the Royal Television Society Award for Technology in the Post Production Process for its flagship product, FORscene.

FORscene`s web-based functionality for logging, editing, reviewing and publishing has seen it used by major broadcast and production companies including GMTV, Mentorn and Granada, along with the initiation of a reseller partnership with Nats Post Production, a leading provider of post-production facilities.

The award for Technology in the Post Production Process is for products that have done the most to improve the processes between original creation or capture of new content, the restoration of previously-captured content, and the storage of completed content prior to delivery to the user. It was presented by Stephen Cole, Presenter, BBC World.

"This award underlines the recognition by the broadcast production industry of the significant business benefits of using web-based technology," said Stephen Streater, CEO of Forbidden Technologies. "The success of FORscene is reflected in projects and partnerships already undertaken including GMTV, Mentorn, Nats, and Granada, and this award will add to its ever-growing reputation."



CCBN covers the latest technologies and products in the digitalization of cable, terrestrial and satellite, especially in HDTV and Pay-TV. As the leading digital television and broadband network exhibition in the world, CCBN enjoys an ever-increasing influence in the field. More and more exhibitors, Chinese and foreigners alike, first choose CCBN to release their latest products to the world. The products and solutions present at the exhibition are at the cutting edge of the world, playing a pivotal role in the movement of improving and developing the broadcasting industrial chain.

CCBN2005 has earnestly put into practice what it has advocated in resource integration. China Cable Network Co. Ltd (CCN), the major national cable network operator, developed on re-structuring of China Media Group (CMG) and China Electronics Corporation (CEC) and approved by the State Council to change to the current name, debuted on CCBN2005. The establishment of the company added new blood to the China¡¯s cable television for its development. Representatives from the China Development Bank visited CCBN2005 to look for investment opportunities and commented highly on the bright prospects of the digitalization of the broadcasting industry and the important role of CCBN, which shows the investment in the broadcasting industry has entered into a substantive exploration stage. The joining of China Netcom and China Telecom highlighted the important contribution which CCBN has made to industrial resource integration.

With 12 exhibition halls totaling 60,000 square meters, CCBN2005 has attracted more than 1,000 enterprises from over 30 countries and regions and maintains the leading position in the Asia-Pacific region in broadcasting exhibitions. The visitor organization of CCBN2005 continuously receives vigorous support from broadcasting administrations nationwide. It has also received 180 foreign visiting organizations. Foreign visitors have increased two fold compared with the figure of last year, especially visitors coming from Asia, North America and Europe. CCBN2005 has attracted a number of visitors from the broadcasting industry as well as related industries, including 50,000 professional visitors.

CCBN2006 will build a highly efficient commercial platform for the industry.