Digital TV Group confirms 3D television consultation.
The UK’s industry association for digital TV, the Digital TV Group, has confirmed that it will launch the first industry consultation in regards to 3D television.
The Digital TV Group’s members, many of whom are television broadcasters, TV platform operators and hardware manufacturers, will be consulted about their opinions of the feasibility and viability of 3D television, and they will also be asked to consider interoperability issues.
The Digital TV Group’s director general, Richard Lindsay-Davies stated “The DTG has been at the heart of every development in digital television since its inception more than a decade ago,” also adding “Our early work in the largely nascent area of 3DTV is a further example of our ability to help frame the debate on an emerging technology and provide a forum for all the key industry players.
“Some industry observers regard 3DTV as a natural, evolutionary next step for high-definition television (HDTV),” explained Richard Lindsay-Davies . “However, numerous challenges exist across the value chain, from image acquisition, storage and post-production, to distribution, reception and display. These challenges need to be understood and overcome in order to make 3DTV a feasible and viable consumer proposition.”
Sky has already announced plans that it is intending to develop a 3D television service based on its existing Sky plus HD and settop box network.
This seems to fit well with the recent spate of 3D movies being released and also the 3D broadcast of Chuck, Chuck vs the third dimension, during America’s 2009 Superbowl.
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