3net, the US-based joint venture between Sony, Discovery and IMAX, is getting into the studio business. Officially, 3Net, which broadcasts a dedicated 3D-TV channel across North America and sells – and buys 3D programming around the world, is forming 3net Studios which will be based at Sony Pictures in Culver City, Los Angeles and at […]
The EBU’s Dr Hans Hoffman told MIPCOM delegates at the 3D Content Trends session, that the introduction of what he described as UHD-1, the near 4,000-line broadcasting standard, “would help 3D, and UHD-1 and 3D would benefit each other. But these new formats are going to require new skills, and a new grammar for programme […]
Sky has joined forces with 3D production company CAMERON | PACE Group – founded by Hollywood film director James Cameron and Vince Pace – to deliver live 3D coverage from Medinah Country Club, Illinois beginning September 28th. The Sky 3D channel will show more than 30 hours of live coverage of The Ryder Cup and […]
Panasonic and Sony have both used the timely IFA technology show in Berlin to unveil their latest Ultra-HDTV sets, and they’re both monster displays. The sets should be available by Christmas-time, but won’t be cheap. Sony’s effort is a mere 84” across (some four times the area of a ‘normal’ 42” display) and will display […]
To better serve the growing global theatrical, television, video game, and mobile 3D marketplace and professional community, the International 3D Society (I3DS) and the 3D@Home Consortium have confirmed plans to merge operations and activities. With members in 20 countries and chapters in China, Japan, Korea, Europe, the UK and North America, the new organisation will […]
James Cameron is launching a joint venture in China to market his company’s 3D technology to the country’s fast-developing film and television industries. The Hollywood film director’s company Cameron Pace Group will team up with two Chinese partners, which will supply 3D filming technology and production services. Cameron said they are discussing possible collaboration with […]
NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, and Panasonic Corporation of North America have revealed that the first-ever 3D coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games, will be available to subscribers of MVPDs (multichannel video programming distributors) representing nearly 80 per cent of US TV households. The daily 3D programming, which will be […]
Growing demand for high-quality audio and video content among viewers, keen desire among television broadcasters to allow more channels in same spectrum and that too at lower costs, and stringent government mandates ordering termination of all analogue TV broadcasts, have been driving increased adoption of digital television, thereby driving the market for 3D TVs, says […]
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 […]
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 […]