Much has been said about 3D Television and its impact on the way sports programming will be provided by the Pay-TV industry. Forecasts for the uptake of 3DTV sets, channels and thereby satellite transponders are flooded with “hockey-stick” curves full of hope. However, this does not change the fact that more than 30% of the UK’s DTH subscribers are watching their favorite football teams on High Definition channels as of today.

Plazamedia together with TV Skyline produced the Universum Boxing-Evening on Saturday 4th December at the Sports and Convention Center in Schwerin. The full-service provider for TV and New Media realized the TV signal of the boxing event in 3D, HD and SD. In cooperation with SPORT1, Deutsche Telekom and HD+ the TV signals of the fights were distributed via the T-Entertain platform on channel 311 and via Astra on SPORT1 in 3D. In addition the Polish pay-tv operator TVN started its regular 3D channel “nShow 3D” with this boxing event.

The November 22, 2010 announcement that the Dutch TV channel Brava3D had started broadcasting on Astra-3B is just another in a long string of announcements that have fed the 3D TV buzz over the course of 2010. Other announcements include Sky and FoxTel launches of their first full-time 3D channels and a whole slew of part-time, special event coverage in 3D with the 2010 FIFA World Cup being a leading example for initial moves into 3D.

Currently Binocle 3D is online with the new website in French language only - but the English version will come soon

MEDIAPRO launched its broadcast of BBVA League games in 3D with the Barça - Real Madrid game on 29th November. The event, sponsored by Seat, Mahou and BBVA, saw excellent feedback from among the assembled audience.

Well, maybe it’s not a monster, but you can’t go to any professional video tradeshow, convention or seminar without 3D being a major subject. It’s safe to say the majority of motion pictures in Hollywood are now being shot in 3D. It looks like the action-adventure genre, and cartoon animation now require 3D image capture.

Between 30th November and 2nd December, the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's Southbank was used as a canvas to trailer Disney’s 3D digital movie, TRON: Legacy. The architectural 3D projection mapping by creative agency Guided Collective in collaboration with Flat-e / Seeper was carried out using six Christie HD18K projectors supplied by large scale projection specialists, QED Productions, and was accompanied by the music from the Daft Punk soundtrack.

SENSIO Technologies Inc. (SENSIO) (TSX.V: SIO) today announced that at CES 2011 the company will unveil new solutions that add significant value to 3D-enabled home entertainment products. Building on more than a decade of innovation in the 3D market, SENSIO will showcase offerings that improve the 3D experience for the end-user by completing the 3D delivery chain. The company's CES 2011 booth will feature immersive demonstrations of these solutions that allow visitors to engage with the SENSIO brand and discover its new look, reflecting its broader offering to the industry.

Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH; NYSE: TCH) today announced the launch of its 3D Certification program branded “Technicolor Certifi3D”. The certification program is geared towards broadcasters and network service providers with the goal of delivering quality and comfortable 3D experiences to end consumers.

Principal Large Format (PLF) is delighted to announce that it will lead a three-day training course on 3D for cinema and television next January in London. Titled ‘Advanced 3D – The National Stereoscopic 3D Training Programme’, the course is being presented by PLF in association with Talking Point and funded by the Skillset Film Skills Fund as part of A Bigger Future 2 and by Sky.

At this year’s Tonmeistertagung at Leipzig, Natural View Systems from Buttenheim (Germany) presented a world first: the iVu display system for spatially enhanced stereoscopic reproduction of video images. The patents pending algorithm used by iVu computes a 3-D image signal from any normal video programme. The system outputs the processed signal in real-time and is applicable to video content in any format and resolution.

3ality Digital, world leader in advanced technologies to empower creative digital stereoscopic 3D (S3D) acquisition, has appointed Steve Schklair as its CEO. Schklair, a well-known figure in the S3D community, has led the creative debate on what makes good stereo 3D over the past five years, while acting as CEO of the technology development and production subsidiary of 3ality Digital, which drove the company’s outstanding growth in 2010.

The perception of the public towards 3D is predominately determined by cinema experiences. In spite of this, the consumer electronic manufacturers are promoting 3D as the next big desirable viewing experience in the home. The EBU believes that public service broadcasters (PSBs) must take a pragmatic approach to 3D services and they should be aware of the value of an event or programme to its audience when making decisions about producing and broadcasting in 3D.

During three weekends in November Outside Broadcast produced three test matches of the Italian Rugby Team – Italy - Argentina (Verona-Nov 13th), Italy - Australia (Firenze, Nov 20th) and Italy - Fiji Islands (Modena, Nov 27th) and all in 3D. The 3D content was broadcasted live in Italy at “La7” and the match against Australia was also shown in 3D in selected cinemas of “The Space” chain. In Italy it was the first time such an event was broadcasted live and for free.

• The El Barça-Madrid match is the first of the regular 3D broadcasts of the Spanish First Division

• The El Barça-Madrid match also kicks-off weekly HD screenings of Spanish football matches in cinemas