Forbidden Technologies plc announced the new video codec, Blackbird 9. The Blackbird Codec allows for the efficient compression and decompression of video for storage, transmission and editing. Forbidden has started the patent protection process for Blackbird 9. Video compression lies at the heart of Forbidden's ability to ingest video and edit in the cloud with no latency for editors at low bandwidths. The continuous improvement of the company's codecs has ensured Forbidden's ability to handle increasing video quality demands over time such as the 4k requirement now vs. historic SD and HD requirements. Other improvements significantly speed up the handling of video in the Forscene cloud, increasing the number of users supported by the existing cloud infrastructure.