Friday 19th December 2008
Sky moves towards 3D broadcasts
Sky says it has successfully tested the delivery of 3D
programming to a domestic television via a high-definition
set-top box. Sky has been filming a number of events using
3D cameras over recent months. Such broadcasts would require
the use of 3D televisions, not yet available in UK stores,
and viewers would need to wear 3D polarising glasses.
Earlier this year BBC engineers broadcast a Six Nations
rugby union international in 3D to an audience at a theatre
in London.
Sky says it has gone further by showing that 3D could
be delivered into homes, straight to its Sky+HD set-top
box..................................................more
Spanish
Courts ‘disallow’ Regional DTT
From David Del Valle in Madrid
The allocation of Regional DTT licences is coming under
fire across the country following the decision of two
Spanish Courts to overrule two DTT public tenders in Madrid
and Canaries on the grounds that the licences were arbitrarily
given in a process full of "irregularities".
Madrid’s Regional DTT map stands adjourned as the
ruling overturns the specifications of the tender that
granted 30 licences, most of them, to groups or companies
connected with the City’s Administration...................................................more
C4
in talks with BBC Worldwide
Channel 4 is reportedly in talks with BBC Worldwide over
a possible rescue plan that would involve injecting up
to £500 million (E634m) into a new media company.
Under the plan, parts of BBC Worldwide would be split
off, rebranded and combined with Channel 4, which would
pay to take a share in the new business. The remainder
of the BBC's commercial arm would continue to operate
as it does now.
Combining Channel 4 with the BBC's 50 per cent share in
cable channels UKTV, the 2Entertain business it shares
with the rump of Woolworths, and other parts of BBC Worldwide,
could solve the financial crisis facing the broadcaster....................................................more
RAI
launches HDTV trials on DTT
From Branislav Pekic in Rome
Italian public broadcaster RAI has initiated the first
Super High Definition transmissions in the new DVB-T2
standard for DTT from its Eremo Broadcasting Centre
in Turin.
The DVB-T2 standard increases the transmission capacity
by around 40 per cent (up to 34-40 Mb/s), enabling the
transmission of 3-4 HDTV programs encrypted in MPEG-4
(in comparison to the 2-3 allowed by DVB-T) or even
1 Super High Definition 4K channel. Also, the HDTV services
can be transmitted simoultaneously with the existing
standard quality DTT and mobile TV (DVB-H) services.................................................more
Digital
media grabs 10% of global media business
Global revenues from digital media will exceed revenue
generated by filmed entertainment for the first time
in 2008, according to research from Strategy Analytics.
The report, 'Global Media & Entertainment Market
Forecast, 2004 – 2012', predicts that total worldwide
revenues from media and entertainment – including
television & filmed entertainment, recorded music,
games software and advertising – will exceed $845
billion this year, with more than 10 per cent, or $90
billion, coming from online and mobile channels. In
comparison, the global filmed entertainment market will
generate $83.1 billion in revenues this year..................................................more
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