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CEA publishes 3D video specs

Included in a batch of five new standards, the US’s Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has published standards on 3D video, which are now available to guide designers as they develop innovative products for consumers. “The release of these standards follows the very successful CEA Technology and Standards Forum in Dallas,” said Brian Markwalter, senior vice […]

July 10, 2012

LG aims to win OLED race

South Korea’s LG Electronics says it is confident that it can beat arch-rival Samsung in the race to get mass-market OLED displays available. LG is already the world’s second-largest TV manufacturer (after Samsung) and is now safe in the knowledge that its other main rivals, Sony and Panasonic, are somewhat late to the OLED party […]

July 10, 2012By Chris Forrester

Study: 3D viewing can cause sickness

Although watching 3D movies provides greater immersion, it can also lead to heightened visual and motion sickness symptoms, according to a study – Stereoscopic Viewing and Reported Perceived Immersion and Symptoms – in the July issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry. The study found that symptoms related […]

July 4, 2012By Colin Mann

Hispasat claims 1st with 3D JEDI channel

Madrid-based satellite operator Hispasat is claiming a world’s first in transmitting a 3D TV channel that conforms to the newly-approved JEDI formula, and does not need a frame-compatible transmission method. Today’s usual 3D TV transmission methods use two side-by-side (or top/bottom) images which the set-top box and 3D set then combine for a 3D experience. […]

July 4, 2012By Chris Forrester

BBC unveils “summer of 3D”

The Last Night of the Proms is to be broadcast in 3D for the first time. The live Royal Albert Hall broadcast on September 8th is part of a promised “summer of 3D” on the BBC which will also include the first three-dimensional take on BBC1’s Planet Dinosaur. The finale to the BBC’s two-month proms […]

July 3, 2012

British Eurosport going HD on Sky

British Eurosport will launch a HD simulcast channel on the Sky platform from July 25th. This will be followed some five weeks later by the launch of British Eurosport 2 HD, meaning both channels will be fully HD on the Sky platform for the first time. Luke Bradley-Jones, Sky’s Brand Director, TV Products, said, “Adding […]

July 3, 2012

Israeli ‘spies’ charged with OLED secrets theft

The Korea Times is reporting that six key South Korean workers employed by Orbotech, an Israel-based company (although registered on New York’s NASDAQ) have been charged with leaking vital portions of the technologies used in the manufacture of Samsung’s Active-Matrix OLEDs and LG’s White-OLED systems. Local reports say the technologies are covered under South Korean […]

June 28, 2012By Chris Forrester

Tele Columbus adds new HD channels

German cable network operator Tele Columbus has expanded its HD offering with the SonyAXN HD and SpiegelTV Wissen HD channels. The new channels are available immediately and follow the launch of the Fox HD, National Geographic HD and Deutsche Wetterfernsehen channels.

June 28, 2012

Kabel Deutschland and RTL HD carriage deal

Kabel Deutschland, Germany’s largest cable operator  and RTL Germany have reached an agreement on the distribution of their Free to Air TV, Pay TV and VoD content. As part of the contract, the distribution of the TV channels was agreed in analogue, digital SD and digital HD. Both parties do not disclose contractual details. As […]

June 27, 2012

Sony, Panasonic OLED link is official

As reported by Advanced-Television.com last week, Sony and Panasonic will mount a joint venture to produce new tech OLED screens, the two companies have confirmed. So-Pa-based OLED-based HDTV sets will flow into the market later next year, although some time later than rivals Samsung and LG. The joint press release says: “Sony Corporation (“Sony”) and […]

June 26, 2012By Chris Forrester