From Colin Mann in Amsterdam The demand for high definition TV services will drive the growth of pay-TV in the Middle East, according to Mohamed Youssif, the CEO of YahLive, the partnership between satellite operator SES Astra and Yahsat to offer Direct-to-Home (DTH) television capacity and services to more than two dozen countries in the […]

GlobeCast has renewed and significantly expanded its contract with UEFA in a deal to provide HD coverage of the Champions League and HD and SD coverage of the Europa League to non-European rights holders. As a result, GlobeCast has made a significant investment of more than E2million in HD upgrades for its two UK sites, […]

From Colin Mann in Amsterdam Fox Sports chairman David Hill told IBC broadcasters will not invest in 3D until they know there will be a pay back and warned that, typically, whatever spend was budgeted to implement 3D the reality was likely to be 10 times as high. Hill pointed out that as a broadcaster […]

ANGA, the association of German cable operators, has suggested that the public broadcasters ARD and ZDF should have to pay for the distribution of their HD channels over cable networks. "ARD and ZDF are spending licence fees for satellite distribution, but expect the cable operators to pass on the extra cost to cable customers," voiced […]

Sony plans to launch 3D TVs next year in a move to spur sales amid slowing growth in flat TV demand. CEO Howard Stringer announced the 3D TV launch at the IFA trade show in Berlin. Stringer said “As with high definition a few years back, there are a variety of issues yet to be […]

Sony has shown off a new single-lens camera able to capture 3D images. The new camera takes a single image that is split by mirrors and recorded on two sensors, resulting in a “smoother” picture, according to Sony. The prototype camera will be unveiled at next week’s Ceatec electronics show in Tokyo, Japan. Viewers will […]

BSkyB has denied claims its 3DTV service will ferment a standards war, instead encouraging broadcasters to launch 3D services using its platform. "We are using one of the most common standards – MPEG-4 – which is the way in which most of the world’s HDTV is delivered. Other broadcasters should join with us. We have […]

From August 31st, Czech Television, the public TV broadcaster in the Czech Republic, will broadcast its HDTV channel via T-Systems Czech Republic and Media Broadcast’s HDTV satellite services. As part of a bidding consortium, Media Broadcast sends the programme signal to the Usingen teleport close to Frankfurt, Germany. From the teleport, the programme will be […]

Channel 4 is to show previously unseen footage of the Queen shot in 3D during her coronation year. The two hour-long shows will tell the story of two men – now in their 80s – who filmed the 3D newsreel. Special glasses needed to view them will be given out free in Sainsbury’s stores before […]

FreeHD Canada, a Canadian satellite television venture, has filed applications with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to provide a Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television service and a wholesale programming distribution service for Canadian programmers (SRDU). With licencing, FreeHD Canada expects to commence operations early in 2011, in time to assist in the August 2011 […]