3net Studios, the global production company from Sony, Discovery and IMAX – has begun principal photography on two native 3D television series for global distribution and is finalising post-production on a returning series for the 3net US linear service. In addition, the company has put three new native 4K television series into development to help […]
HBO tech guru Bob Zitter told the TV Connect conference in London that he believes 3D TV is dead. “We (HBO) never thought that 3D with glasses was ever going to get off the ground,” he said. “Consumers have shown they do not want to wear glasses in the home. 3D with glasses is dead.” […]
India’s public broadcaster Doordarshan says it will expand its transmissions of high-definition TV to its four largest cities. Currently Doordarshan transmits for about 3 hours per evening and says it will now invest extra cash in establishing HD-equipped studios in Delhi and Mumbai, as well as boost OB productions out of Kolkata and Chennai. Most […]
Sky 3D has announced plans for “groundbreaking” one-off film Pandas 3D. The 60 minute documentary will showcase the highly endangered giant pandas in the Wolong National Nature Reserve in China. Sky’s director of 3D John Cassy commented: “Giant Pandas have an enduring appeal – we have seen time and time again how fascinated people are […]
In what it describes as a “one-off experiment”, Sky is transmitting the second pre-season Formula One test in Barcelona in 3D. Sky has the rights to show live all Formula One races in the UK, with 2013 marking the second year of its coverage, launching a dedicated Sky F1 HD channel in 2012. The test […]
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE, together with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Abertis Telecom, SAPEC, Sony, Apuntolapospo and URL La Salle have demonstrated the first Ultra High Definition 1 (UHDTV 1) DVB-T2 broadcast, in Barcelona at the MWC. The terrestrially distributed transmission, using 3840×2160 pixel resolution known as UHD-1 – four times the resolution of current […]
Sky Italia is following in the wheeltracks of its British counterpart by launching its first HD channel exclusively dedicated to Formula 1 – Sky Sport F1 HD. The new HD channel will broadcast live all the 2013 Grand Prix races, ten of which will be exclusively live. Along with the live broadcasting of the races’ […]
This weekend is Carnival in Rio, as well as in many other countries in the build-up to ‘Fat Tuesday’ (Mardi Gras) events around the world. TV has the Rio de Janeiro event well covered with TV Globo and Japan’s NHK using around 150 technicians to cover the event. The signals are also being streamed on […]
Sky and Formula 1 will bring viewers another world first with live F1 coverage on Sky 3D from the third test at the Circuit de Catalunya Sky 3D viewers can watch live coverage of Formula 1 across all four days of the third test from February 28th to March 3rd at the Circuit de Catalunya. […]
CBS Sport says it will use up to 70 cameras to capture this Sunday’s 47th Super Bowl game in New Orleans, and six of them will be native 4K high frame-rate For-A FT-One cameras. The units will be used to circle the ground and cover the action from every angle. Additional ‘beauty cams’ will include […]