Penthouse has confirmed the launch of Penthouse 3D – the first Pan European 3D formatted adult channel. Highlights include 100 per cent Full 3D Native HD, 30 hours of new programmes a month and programming that includes distinctive hardcore and softcore feeds. Penthouse 3D will be available on a daily basis from 11:00 pm until […]
Sky Deutschland has claimed over one million HD subscribers. The figure includes customers that have STBs to receive HD channels in the operator’s basic package, rather than those who subscribe to a specific HD service. Earlier this month, Sky said it ended December with 593,000 HD subscribers. Sky’s entry level TV package includes Discovery HD, […]
“BravaHDTV”, the First Pan-European Opera and Culture HD channel, has been added to the High Definition TV packages of the French DSL provider Bouygues Telecom. It is the latest addition to BravaHDTV’s footprint in France, which already included the ADSL operators SFR and FREE/Alice, the cable platform Numericable and the digital satellite and DSL pay […]
AVToolbox’s AVT-6441 HDMI v1.4 FAST Switcher with 3D/ARC allows for the selection of any 4 inputs to be displayed on a HDMI compliant display device. This AVT-6441 1.4 HDMI device supports all standard High Definition Television formats, including 1080p, PC formats through WUXGA and it also provides embedded HD-Audio capability, including Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD. […]
Samsung Electronics maintains the top spot in the global market for a fifth year in a row. According to DisplaySearch, the Korean manufacturer garnered a 22.1 per cent share of the world market with sales of $26 billion. LG Electronics came in second with 14.1 per cent ($16.6 billion in sales), followed by Sony at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]