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It will come as no surprise that research shows that increased availability of 3D content is vitally important to sales of 3D-enabled TVs in 2010 and beyond. The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Entertainment and Technology Center (ETC) at the University of Southern California have just published the findings from a survey of 1,914 [...]

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France, Germany and the UK have asked the European Union to take measures aimed at preventing the jamming of foreign broadcasts in Iran and censorship, particularly by banning exports of certain technologies. The three foreign ministers, Bernard Kouchner, Guido Westerwelle and David Miliband have written to partners calling for “the adoption of a European statement condemning [...]

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The Czech/Slovak pre-pay DTH platform Skylink is likely to add up to six new channels, one of which will be in HD, to its offer this spring. According to Parabola, they will probably be Cinemax, Retro Music TV, bebe tv, Fish and Hunting, Viasat Nature and HBO HD. Interviewed by Parabola, TradeTec CEO Jaromir Glisnik was [...]

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A Madrid court has ordered Mediapro should pay €97 million in a breach of contract dispute with rival Audiovisual Sport (AVS) over the live rights to top flight Spanish football. The ruling means Mediapro must now give up the rights to first and second division matches to its Sogecable-owned rival. AVS, in which regional broadcaster Televisión de [...]

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Satellite reception is the second most popular way of watching TV in Germany, but DTH is the leading digital platform, according to the SES Astra Satellite Monitor. “Seventy-five per cent of all satellite households is now digital,” said Wolfgang Elsaesser, MD of Astra Deutschland, during the presentation of the figures earlier this week in Berlin. “Now [...]

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Technicolor has launched the first independent broadcast services platform ready to broadcast 3D channels out of its Chiswick facility in London. The company is able to manage live or pre-recorded content, from post- production through encoding for satellite, cable, IPTV or terrestrial distribution. It is also able to generate logos and other visual effects for [...]

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CLT will not allow reselling of its channels RTL4, 5, 7 and 8 by Dutch cable operators UPC and Ziggo to third-parties. This could effectively block implementation of the Open Cable ruling. The CLT has written about this to Dutch regulator OPTA in reaction to the public consultation, according to Telecompaper. Both Ziggo and UPC [...]

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Over one thousand pubs have already signed up to screen Sky 3D, which will go live on Saturday April 3 with the Barclays Premier League clash between Manchester United and Chelsea. Sky confirmed today that a further five Premier League games will be shown in the 3D format before the end of the season on May [...]

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