One in five US broadband households intends to purchase a new flat-panel TV before the end of 2011, making it the most popular CE product this holiday season, according to new consumer research from Parks Associates. Among households intending to purchase a flat-panel TV, 73 per cent plan to select a set with advanced features […]
Orange is launching a 3D channel in partnership with online video portal Dailymotion. The channel, already available to Orange TV customers, will be carried on the Dailymotion platform and will show: Mag3D (a monthly magazine programme about 3D); The lab, (a flick through the best 3D images of the month); What’s new in 3D (cinema […]
The BBC’s R&D department has summarised work that broadcasters are doing across Europe in Holographic TV. The engineers are also researching 3D holoscopy for the Internet as well as ‘next generation’ 3D applications. A technical ‘White Paper’ from the BBC brings readers up to date in the latest thinking in advanced television applications which also […]
Nintendo has teamed up with the Eurosport to create 3D video content for its newest handheld. A dedicated Eurosport video player application is now available free of charge from the Nintendo eShop. Once installed, the app automatically downloads the latest videos via SpotPass. The initial wave of videos will be two to three-minute clips from […]
In what is being seen as a major boost to pre-Christmas buyers of 3D sets, the BBC has confirmed that the final of Strictly Come Dancing will be shown in 3D to terrestrial and satellite viewers. The Dec 17th final, broadcast live from Blackpool’s iconic Tower Ballroom, will be transmitted in 3D on the BBC’s […]
BSkyB has created a 3DTV ‘test card’ to help its subscribers correctly set up their 3D equipment. Featuring ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ host Zoe Ball, the new Three-Dimensional test card comes with a series of high-quality video on-screen instructions, in 3D, showing viewers how to get the most from their kit. Sky’s chief engineer Chris Johns […]
China’s first 3D television channel will air on a trial basis on January 1, 2012 and go into full operation during the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival in late January, according to government authorities. “We have officially started preparations for the country’s first experimental 3D TV channel and have issued two technical guidelines on the […]
Platform ‘n’ the Polish DTH service launches four new premium HD movie channels. The channels – nPremium, nPremium2, nPremium3 and nPremium 4 – launch on December 15 and will give Platform ‘n’ subscribers the largest number of premium movies channels available in the Polish marketplace. The announcement was made today by Christian Anting, Vice-President and […]
MBCs new portfolio of seven HDTV channels are now available to Etisalat’s eLife fibre-optic network in the UAE. The new channels are added to eLife’s existing cluster of channels, taking the overall total of high-def services to more than 40. MBC’s new HD versions include its MBC1, MBC2, MBC4, MBC Action, MBC Max, MBC […]
At the 69th meeting of the DVB Steering Board, the Commercial Requirements for CI Plus v1.4 were approved thereby allowing the technical work on the specification to progress. These Commercial Requirements build on top of the current CI Plus v1.3 specification with two main features: support for dual-stream operation with a single module, intended for […]