RRsat Global Communications Network and BT’s Media and Broadcast division have collaborated to provide the technological expertise and network infrastructure behind a 3D music and dance spectacle beamed live from London to Tel Aviv beach last week. The free event was organsed by one of RRsat’s major Israeli customers as a marketing initiative. The event […]
Technicolor has won a further contract from Astro, Malaysia’s leading integrated cross-media group. Already an established supplier of MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 STBs for standard definition broadcasting, Technicolor is now to supply HD MPEG-4 STBs with local recording capability to support Astro’s move to offer more technology-adapting services and products to its near 3 million customer […]
NHK developed Super Hi-Vision, often called ‘Super HDTV‘ thanks to its 4000 lines on the TV screen, is gaining momentum, despite the hype surrounding 3D-TV. The BBC is about to capture a rock concert in London, and transmit the Super Hi-Vision images direct to Japan later this month. Roger Mosey, who is the […]
Finland’s largest cable TV operator DNA has revealed plans to bring HDTV to 1.5 million Finnish homes by 2011, with availability in the largest Finnish cities already by the year-end. A deal with Ericsson will enable DNA will make the HDTV experience available for 60 per cent of all Finnish digital terrestrial TV households […]
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has been awarded temporary multiplex capacity for the launch of HDTV tests. Although the tender to award five digital multiplexes has yet to take place, Mediaset has received Channel 58 (frequency 770 MHz) in those areas of Italy where the ASO has already taken place. The broadcaster plans to […]
A number of barriers need to be overcome and issues need to be addressed for the broadcast and pay-TV industry to see 3DTV as a viable business proposition, according to speakers at a 3DTV Analyst Forum held during IBC. Doug Sheer, CEO and Chief Analyst, D.I.S. Consulting Corporation, suggested that although 3DTV had drivers such […]
American consumers like the immersive feeling of watch 3-D television, but are put off by having to wear special glasses because they restrict multi-tasking at home, according to US report on attitudes to TV. High costs and lack of 3D content are also among factors causing Americans to hesitate in buying the latest generation of […]
Sky Deutschland is to have live 3D coverage of golf’s Ryder Cup. All Sky HD subscribers in Germany and Austria on DTH or Kabel BW’s cable network will be able to watch the 3D footage of day three for no additional charge. “The Ryder Cup is a sports event of global importance and therefore perfectly […]
SES Astra has announced a new initiative to support the introduction of 3D television in Europe. As part of the initiative, the industry reached a common understanding of the minimum technical specifications for the introduction of 3D television and broadcasting. The initiative is backed by SES Astra and major European broadcasters including public and […]
Seventeen per cent of Americans believe that viewing 3DTV poses health risks to the eyes, and a further 55 per cent “aren’t sure,” a survey of two thousand US consumers from Strategy Analytics’ Digital Consumer Practice reveals. The findings underline a critical task ahead for both vendors and service providers, according to the firm. “We’ve […]