Advanced Television

UHD

DVB 3DTV standard official

DVB announced that at the 67th Meeting of the Steering Board, the DVB-3DTV specification was approved. The specification will be submitted immediately to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) for formal standardisation. BlueBook A154 ‘Frame Compatible Plano-Stereoscopic 3DTV’, (DVB-3DTV) has been published and is available for downloading from the DVB website. The Commercial Requirements for […]

February 21, 2011

BBC WW commits to 3D

BBC Worldwide’s Amanda Hill, MD of its BBC Earth and Walking with Dinosaurs projects, says BBC Worldwide is firmly behind 3D-TV for natural history factual and documentary programming.  Speaking at Panasonic’s 2011 Convention in London, she said: “Innovation has always driven natural history forwards, 3D is the next stage…There’s a proven business model for 3D […]

February 18, 2011By Chris Forrester

Comcast launches Xfinity 3D Channel

Comcast has announced the launch of Xfinity 3D, its new 24-hour, next-generation 3D channel.  The channel will bring customers live music concerts, sporting events, more than a dozen movies and original 3D programming.  Comcast also announced that there have been more than one million 3D views On Demand since the Masters Golf Tournament in April […]

February 18, 2011

FTV goes 3D

Fashion TV (FTV) will start test-broadcasting in full 3D on February 18th. FTV’s 3D signals will beam out daily at 2pm and 11pm for Europe, Asia (Hong Kong time) and the USA (ET), from a total of 10 satellites around the globe. Signals are being uplinked by RRSat. FTV is building up content, including the […]

February 17, 2011By Chris Forrester

‘n’ bring 25 HD channels to Poland

With the addition of three more HBO channels in HD on top of HBO HD and Cinemax HD in the beginning of March, Platform ‘n’, the leading DTH service in Poland, continues to build on its position as the largest HD platform in the Polish media and entertainment market. Platform ‘n’ now offers its’ subscribers […]

February 17, 2011

ARD and ZDF secure HD capacity on Astra

SES Astra has concluded a multi-transponder, multi-year agreement with the German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF to secure satellite capacity for the transmission of HD programmes. The long-term agreement is for a total of five transponders on Astra’s prime orbital position 19.2 degrees East. The capacity will be brought into use in two steps, starting […]

February 15, 2011

DivX, Freescale expand collaboration

Digital video media technologist DivX has expanded its collaboration with embedded processing solutions specialist Freescale Semiconductor to adopt DivX HD technology across multiple platforms and support DivX TV on its chipsets. Matt Milne, Executive Vice President and General Manager, DivX, said the alliance with Freescale would enable its OEM customers to release more quickly DivX […]

February 15, 2011

Spain rules on HDTV

The Spanish Government has approved a new piece of legislation to regulate HDTV content and the use of the multiplex capacity on DTT.  The new rule obliges broadcasters to inform viewers about HDTV broadcasts that must meet at least 720 active lines under 16:9 format in the production process. The new rule aims to avoid […]

February 14, 2011From David Del Valle in Madrid

3DTV gathers momentum in US

DirecTV, the US pay-TV broadcaster, is to launch 3net this weekend on February 13. 3net brings ‘the best of the best’ in 3DTV with content coming from Discovery, IMAX and Sony. On opening night, the channel will show China Revealed, Into the Deep 3D and Forgotten Planet. DirecTV promises that it will debut a new […]

February 11, 2011By Chris Forrester

Sky wins 3D Hollywood gong

The second annual international 3D Creative Arts Awards, organised by the International 3D Society, saw BSkyB win the coveted “best 3D-TV” award, for Sky’s steamy Dance, Dance, Dance show. Dance, Dance, Dance is a specially choreographed show (by Arlene Phillips) comprising six segments filmed in and around London. The six specially commissioned dances feature Bollywood, […]

February 11, 2011