Technology Progress

Forbidden Technologies PLC
24 July 2000

                                
                   FORBIDDEN TECHNOLOGIES PLC
                                
                       Technology Progress
                                
                                
Forbidden  Technologies plc, which is developing technology  for
video  distribution over the internet, announces the  result  of
the initial trials.

The initial trials have proved successful and are now entering
stage three - to widen video testing across a broader user base.
To date, video has been compressed by a factor of up to 2000
times and can be viewed without additional software being
installed.  The trials are being conducted using shareholders'
existing hardware.

The technology also appears to allow transmission of some videos
over existing internet links, thereby enabling video
distribution outside the constraints of broadcast television.

The first trial product is on schedule to be launched this year
and as the Company moves towards the launch, the web site will
be updated to demonstrate the progress made.


                                                  24th July 2000

For further information contact:

College Hill Associates
Michael Padley / Nicholas Nelson                  020 7457 2020



Copies  of this statement will be available for a period  of  14
days from the Company's registered office: 2-4 St.George's Road,
Wimbledon, London SW19 4DP