Member Info for FBT1

Added this morning.

@Blackbirdcloud. Non stop meetings, demos, interviews and presentations! A very busy and productive 2nd day at #NAB2018 for #ForbiddenTechnologies and our Blackbird platform. Let's do it all again tomorrow. #NABSHOW #BlackbirdAscent #BlackbirdForte #BlackbirdEdge

Shareholders - Stephen B. Streater 34.7% - Miton Asset Management Ltd. 14.9% - Schroder Investment Management Ltd. 8.65% - Ian McDonough 0.70%

14p isn’t the highest value ever. They went from 14.5p on 4/11/2011, up to 44p on the 30/12/2011 on news they had a contract with NBC/YouTube for the Olympics. This share is very tightly held, so when it moves it really moves. I’m buying all the way up to 10p which was the last fundraising price. Miton Group were happy to add another 15 million shares to their existing holdings at 10p, so anything below that is good for me. I also think because it’s half term people are sleeping, so this week could be a good time to get involved. IMHO.

http://www.forbidden.co.uk/2018/04/10/forbidden-technologies-announces-2-leading-uk-companies-to-integrate-the-blackbird-platform/

I’m going to top up tomorrow, as I think it’s going to get very interesting again.

https://www.sportsvideo.org/2018/04/06/svg-sit-down-as-forbidden-technologies-repositions-under-blackbird-brand-ceo-ian-mcdonough-discusses-strategy/

Tasaka cited a number of reasons they chose Forscene for the group’s OTT news editing, including the software’s ability to edit and publish broadcast-resolution media and closed captions, but turnaround time was a critical factor, “One of the ways that Forscene’s been really helpful is with our ability to capture longform video and post it to the web and OTT. Our previous provider would take upwards of twelve hours just to render the video once it was captured – and in the TV business your content is only as good as it is timely. We’ve seen audience engagement and adoption jump significantly since we moved to Forscene.” “Forscene provides advanced edit capabilities with fast turnaround times – making it an ideal post-production tool for news clients,” said Aziz Musa, CEO of Forbidden. “Calkins Media reported a 160% increase in video plays after implementing Forscene – it’s these measurable business benefits that are fuelling our growth in the OTT news sector.”

https://www.forscene.com/blog/forscene-expands-ott-news-client-base-with-calkins-media-field59/

Town News also bought Calkins Media, another user of Forscene/Blackbird. This must be very good news for FBT, as both Calkins and Field59 use FBT technology for their OTT offerings. Going to get very interesting next few weeks. https://www.townnews365.com/news_room/townnews-com-expands-line-up-with-acquisition-of-calkins-digital/article_d3343bec-d8fe-11e7-b411-535c1f4aaf02.html

Must be good news for FBT. https://www.field59.com/whats-new-field59-forscene-workflow-improvements/

http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/112289/townnewscom-acquires-field59?utm_source=NetNewsCheck-rss&utm_medium=latest-news-feed&utm_campaign=latest-news-feed-TownNews-com-Acquires-Field59

RNS 21/03/2018 Forbidden Technologies plc (AIM: FBT) announces that it has received notification that Ian McDonough, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has purchased on 20 March 2018 200,000 ordinary shares of 0.8 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 4.25 pence per Ordinary Share and 300,000 ordinary shares of 0.8 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 5.00 pence per Ordinary Share. Following the above purchase, Mr McDonough has a total beneficial holding of 1,262,862 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.7 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

http://www.forbidden.co.uk/2018/03/20/img-extends-its-relationship-with-forbidden-technologies-in-12-month-deal/

https://nab18.mapyourshow.com/7_0/exhibitor/exhibitor-details.cfm?ExhID=8799394&featureid=1449

https://www.forbidden.co.uk/2018/03/06/emmy-award-nomination-live-sport-clipping/

Check out large Buys again today. Getting interesting again.

Are we about to get an announcement

ITV selected Forscene, our cloud video editing platform for Paddington Station 24/7, following railway workers on the Great Western Mainline. #Paddington247 Blast! Films, independent production company for high-quality, distinctive and innovative documentaries and dramas selects Forscene, our cloud video editing platform for Saving Lives at Sea series. #SavingLivesAtSea

Blackbird will enable Great Run’s host broadcaster FilmNova to edit high-quality highlights on site and deliver them to digital platforms much more quickly and efficiently than at present, starting at this weekend’s Great Edinburgh XCountry. In a pilot conducted at the same event last year, the increase in speed of content delivery to the GreatRunTV YouTube channel resulted in overnight views that would normally take months to achieve. Blackbird provided a cloud solution for real-time editing and publishing using a lightweight, high performance codec. The implementation of Blackbird freed up production to be placed wherever it was needed, with minimal requirements – a laptop and bandwidth – to create and deliver content rapidly to a range of digital and social media platforms.