Queen features in Channel 4 3D season

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UK supermarket Sainsbury’s will give away special glasses in the run up to a week of 3D programmes on Channel 4 this autumn.

Sky confirms 3D TV launch

12:00 Update: BSkyB has announced plans to launch the UK’s first 3D television service. The move comes after the satcaster reported the highest increase in subscriber numbers for five years. The launch of push VOD is also slated for 2010.

Czech IPTV eyes new generation services

The Czech IPTV operator Netbox has begun trialling access speeds of up to 1 Gbps.

Fragmented approach harming 3DTV

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The current fragmented approach to 3DTV is harming the progress of the format, according to an industry-wide consultation on behalf of the Digital TV Group (DTG).

GlobeCast wearing 3D opera glasses

Photo: Alan Kaiser

Globecast has announced an ambitious plan to deliver a live performance of Don Giovanni in the 3D format to cinemas in France.

Orange serves 3D demo

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Orange is again bringing innovation to the Roland Garros French Open in Paris.

3D more than 20/20 vision

What is it about 3D that has got the broadcast community talking before current technologies have even bedded in, asks Julian Clover?

Orange to stage public 3DTV demo

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Orange will tomorrow air an experimental broadcast of a football match in the 3D format.

Philips pulls out of 3D research

The Dutch Consumer Electronics manufacturer Philips has said it is withdrawing from 3D imaging production and research.

SMPTE seeks to standardise 3D

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has published the findings of its task force on 3D to the home.