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is forbidden(FBT) really forbidden (FBT)     

basharat - 15 Jul 2004 22:54

is there any body who could share his views about long term future of forbidden technology.i am holder from tech buble times and still hope best is yet to come for FBT

hlyeo98 - 10 Sep 2004 13:17 - 94 of 135

Forbidden Technologies launches video editing, publishing tool FORscene


LONDON (AFX) - Forbidden Technologies PLC said it launched its video editing and publishing tool FORscene aimed initially at the large professional post production market.

FORscene allows professional editing to be carried out over the internet on personal computers without any software or hardware installation.

FORscene users can publish their video on the web and mobile phones. Using Forbidden's own compression technology, web videos play through firewalls from web pages, and mobile videos play back on the growing range of 2.5G Symbian handsets, the company said.

Forbidden added that its partnership with mobile operator Orange has demonstrated that FORscene works over the Orange 3G networks on a standard laptop.

newsdesk@afxnews.com

Haystack - 10 Sep 2004 13:56 - 95 of 135

Yesterday's news. The product has been around for some time and was in alpha testing only recently.

This is the product that allows editing over the internet of video held on FBT's servers. It does seem a product of doubtful value in a niche market. It looks unlikely to make FBT's fortune.

apple - 24 Sep 2004 14:23 - 96 of 135

Back in July, I thought that this ahare was dead & buried but just look at it now.

Haystack - 24 Sep 2004 16:07 - 97 of 135

It has been on the way down the last few days. Today's rise was mainly the MMs gapping it up at the start and very low actual volume. The results are pretty poor with very low turnover and the share price is now 15 times net assets. Thos should be down again very soon.

hlyeo98 - 24 Sep 2004 17:24 - 98 of 135

I think Haystack is playing CFD's for FBT to go down, but I think FBT is on the uptrend with its increasing clients and newly launched softwares

Haystack - 24 Sep 2004 22:34 - 99 of 135

Where are the increasing clients? FBT has been on the stock market for almost 5 years and still has a minute turnover and makes a substantial loss.

MightyMicro - 25 Sep 2004 22:38 - 100 of 135

hlyeo98: well, if you're right, Haystack will get a bloody nose. If you're wrong, he will be happy and have made some money out of a correct prediction.

Of course, he could be doing nothing other than observing and commenting, and there may be no plot at all. Which would be much less fun, of course.

basharat - 26 Sep 2004 19:37 - 101 of 135

haystack why dont you back off pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Haystack - 26 Sep 2004 20:48 - 102 of 135

You do seem to be upset by negative comments on FBT. Would you like this thread to be just a fan club where people just oozed with affection for FBT.

hlyeo98 - 30 Sep 2004 18:37 - 103 of 135

FBT looks cheap at its current price.

Haystack - 01 Oct 2004 11:10 - 104 of 135

Or very expensive, if you have an alternative view. It has at least fallen today. The net assets are worth less than 3p a share and it has a tiny turnover.

snappy - 01 Oct 2004 15:02 - 105 of 135

Could FBT become the new Tadpole for bb ramps?

basharat - 02 Oct 2004 14:31 - 106 of 135

now i started to agree with haystack
this company is very expensive at this price but it is intresting and worth a punt @5p level

hlyeo98 - 04 Nov 2004 22:46 - 107 of 135

In Shares Magazine, FBT is regarded as a sleeping beauty, its price will soon soar.

Haystack - 08 Nov 2004 01:10 - 108 of 135

This is one sleeping beauty that may turn out to be an ugly sister.

basharat - 28 Nov 2004 18:59 - 109 of 135

bt is agin considering tv over internet.they had some testing before with bt and may be things are going to meterialise which we all been hoping for.

Haystack - 28 Nov 2004 22:10 - 110 of 135

One thing that is for sure and that is that it won't be FBT that BT uses. Their compression and playback can't cope with the picture size and quality that is necessary for TV.

All discussions about TV over broadband contain references to the mpeg-2 and mpeg-4 standards. SKY for instance use mpeg-4 currently and a number of companies are planning to broadcast using mpeg-4.

MightyMicro - 29 Nov 2004 01:06 - 111 of 135

I tried looking at FBT's stuff, but all I get is 'Applet Crashed' in a rather tiny window. Perhaps they're another of these outfits that only work with Microsoft IE. I was using Opera (which seems to work with everything else).

On edit: having had to reboot (machine froze) after the Opera experience, I tried Firefox. This worked (!) -- at least until I tried to navigate back from the demo -- and it was another blue screen and reboot deal.

hlyeo98 - 03 Sep 2005 11:38 - 112 of 135

Online video sharing platform specialist, Forbidden Technologies unveiled its interim numbers for the six-month period to 30th June. Shares were unchanged at 26.5p as the company posted pre-tax losses of 344,922 pounds as negligible sales. However, an upbeat accompanying statement gave cause for optimism, as Forbidden said that it was "more confident" about the prospects for sales expansion in 2006. Bearing in mind the company generated just 17,851 pounds in sales for the first half, the company is starting from a pretty low base, so sales expansion should hardly prove difficult. However, progress is clearly being made in both the professional market with FORscene and the consumer market with Clesh, so perhaps the company can build some momentum in sales going forward.

Haystack - 13 Sep 2005 15:32 - 113 of 135

Terrible results once again. Lower turnover and higher losses and still the very large cash burn.

FBT are down again. every year now for some time the price has fallen after the IBC exhibition which is just ending. This year the price did not even rise before IBC. perhaps releasing the poor results just prior to IBC was bad timing.

FBT is now only 6.5p above its all-time low of 18.5p in 2001.

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