ESPN and Discover 3D broadcast announcements (1.5.10)

[Clark Dunbar]

Both ESPN and Discovery Channel announce 3D channels to launch this year (2010)


ESPN
http://digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=945785

Discovery (w/Sony and IMAX)
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100105-710337.html

http://digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=946137

[Clark Dunbar]

just got a few more 3D announcements leading into CES.....

check

CES
http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/92568

3DTV's overview/timeline
http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/92572

[Clark Dunbar]

ack - a busy day for 3D news....

Next3D - 3D Broadcast Home Service
http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/Next3D-to-Launch-Broadband-Delivered-Stereoscopic-3D-Home-Service-in-First-Quarter-of-2010_11691.html


JVC - 3D Processor
http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/JVC-Introduces-IF-2D3D1-Stereoscopic-Image-Processor-to-Help-3D-Content-Creators-Improve-Workflow_11692.html

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/New-JVC-Unit-Offers-Real-Time-2D-to-3D-Conversion-and-3D-LR-Mixing_11694.html


3D test lab
http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/Testronic-Labs-Debuts-New-3D-Test-Lab_11689.html

[Ben Holmes]

Sky TV in the UK (largest subscription TV company in Europe) launches a 3d channel
in the Spring. They've already shot a lot of sport in 3d this year.

I've also heard some interesting stuff about the sales/marketing of 3dtv's based around this launch. Watch this space...

[Kwan Khan]

NASCAR in 3D
It's amazing... Can't wait for this... This concept that I have dreamed of for years
So soon we will have another useless TV.
but we will wear those cardboard eyeglasses still?

[Mark L. Pederson]

I've come to love 3D. It's actually a very fun format to play with.

Also ... from a business perspective - it's double everything. Double the cameras, double the dailies, and much more involved post component with a longer DI. More specialized services.

And it does seem to have a rather nice buzz at the moment ...

[Rob Gardner]

What post software are you using Mark? How widely is the Red used for 3D, anyone know?

Discovery was shopping their logo around for a 3-D treatment in Washington DC in a pretty big hurry, or so I hear.

It doesn't sound simple to me and I think Mark's comment that it takes double everything sounds about right, maybe even a little short. Anybody else doing it with Red's?

[Clark Dunbar]

Lots of 3D/Stereoscopic being shot on RED. Check out Evergreen Films, Eli Jarra, etc and the Element Technica Team (hardware for RED 3D rigs).

We're using Cineform's Neo3D for post -> edit/delivery on Macs FCP

[Clark Dunbar]

hmmmm - Glasses-Free 3D displays

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/magnetic-unveils-a-clutch-of-glasses-free-3d-displays/

[Joey R.]

Lots of 3D/Stereoscopic being shot on RED. Check out Evergreen Films, Eli Jarra, etc and the Element Technica Team (hardware for RED 3D rigs).

Evergreen Films uses our Quasar rigs. They were actually our first customer :biggrin:

[Mark L. Pederson]

What post software are you using Mark?

Neo3D, Scratch, Clipster, Ocula 2 and some unreleased alpha stuff