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9 Dec 2005 15:40

Forbidden Technologies PLC09 December 2005 Forbidden Technologies plc Wins Royal Television Society Technology Award Video streaming and editing specialist Forbidden Technologies plc, is delightedto have won the Royal Television Society Award for Technology in the PostProduction Process, at last night's ceremony at BAFTA in London. Forbidden's flagship product, FORscene is a 'pay-as-you-go' web-based tool forvideo post production, (logging, editing, browsing and publishing) forbroadcast, Internet and mobile video. Its Java design allows modern PCs, Macsand Linux machines to use FORscene without any software installation or hardwareupgrades. Its interface is designed to be intuitive, responsive, reliable andaccessible anywhere, anytime. FORscene has been used by major broadcast and production companies includingGMTV, Mentorn and Granada. Forbidden Technologies has a reseller partnershipwith Nats Post Production the large, independent, well-respected provider ofpost-production facilities. The RTS Technology Awards, which are the "gold standard of achievement in thetelevision community", seek to recognise excellence in technological activitiesfrom 'scene-to-screen and back'. The award for Technology in the Post ProductionProcess was presented by Stephen Cole, Presenter, BBC World. This award is forproducts which have done the most to improve the processes between originalcreation or capture of new content, or the restoration of previously-capturedcontent, and the storage of completed content prior to delivery to the user. Vic Steel, Chairman of Forbidden Technologies, said today: "It is particularly appropriate that FORscene should have been given such aprestigious award. It underlines the recognition by the broadcast productionindustry of a revolutionary new workflow based on web technology. "The increasing success of FORscene is already reflected by the early stageinterest we have received from clients including GMTV, Mentorn, Nats, andGranada. Granada's reality TV show 'Trust Me I'm a Holiday Rep' was the firstprogramme broadcast which was made using FORscene. "The award is a credit to the hard work and dedication of all our staff." An excerpt of last night's award ceremony, shot entirely on a mobile handset andedited and published using FORscene is available at http://www.forbidden.co.uk/videos/rts/ 9 December 2005 Enquiries: Forbidden Technologies plc 020 8879 7245 Stephen Streater, Chief Executive Greg Hirst, Business Development Director College Hill 020 7457 2020 Corinna Dorward/Adrian Duffield About Forbidden Forbidden Technologies plc (www.forbidden.co.uk) develops and markets innovativetechnology for video distribution over the fixed line and wireless Internet. Forbidden's flagship product, FORscene is a 'pay-as-you-go' web-based tool forvideo post production, (logging, editing, browsing and publishing) forbroadcast, Internet and mobile video. Its Java design allows modern PCs, Macsand Linux machines to use FORscene without any software installation or hardwareupgrades. Its interface is designed to be intuitive, responsive, reliable andaccessible anywhere, anytime. About the RTS Awards The RTS Awards www.rts.org.uk are the gold standard of achievement in thetelevision community. Each year there are seven awards ceremonies to recogniseexcellence across the entire range of programme making and broadcasting skills. The awards are: Programme Awards Television Journalism Awards Television Sports Awards Craft & Design Awards Technical Innovation Awards Educational Television Awards Student Television Awards The integrity of the judging system is based on the high calibre of the jurorsdrawn from across the television community to ensure a wide and balanced spreadof perspectives. The membership of the juries is published in the Awardsprogrammes. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange