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3D Content Providers Await Higher 3D TV Set Penetration
Aug 12, 2010 – Production companies and service providers around the world continue to explore the opportunities of 3D video. IMS Research identifies that by the end of 2010, over 50 broadcasters and pay-TV operators will be offering 3D services to the home.
News categories: IMS Research, Market Research, Metaverse

KATV1 broadcasts 3D test channel in Azerbaijan
Aug 11, 2010 – Azerbaijan cable-TV operator KATV1 has launched a 3D test channel on its network. Viewers will require special 3-D glasses, which are already available in an assortment of Baku stores.
News categories: KATV1, Azerbaijan, Cable TV, Metaverse

3D Home Entertainment to Enhance German CE Market?
Aug 9, 2010 – For some months now, 3D TVs, 3D Projectors, 3D Blu-ray Players and 3D Blu-ray Home Cinema Systems have been available on the German market. But is the customer '3D ready'?
News categories: GfK, Blu-ray, Germany, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV

26,000 3D TVs sold to date in Germany
Aug 5, 2010 – According to a survey commissioned by BITKOM, the number of 3D-capable TVs sold in Germany since their launch in March has reached 26,000, with 16 million Germans, or 1 in 6 of the population, saying that they want to buy a 3D TV.
News categories: BITKOM, Germany, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV

BSkyB to enter 3D future on October 1st
Jul 29, 2010 – BSkyB (LSE:BSY) has confirmed that it will launch Sky 3D, Europe's first 3D channel, to millions of Sky homes on Friday 1st October 2010.
News categories: BSkyB, Digital TV, Ireland, Metaverse, Satellite, UK

Technicolor and DIRECTV Sign Contract Extension for Set-Top Boxes
Jul 29, 2010 – Technicolor (Paris: FR0010918292; NYSE: TCH) has announced the signing of a three year contract extension to provide a wide range of SD and HD set-top boxes to DIRECTV (Nasdaq: DTV).
News categories: Technicolor, DIRECTV, Digital TV, Metaverse, Satellite, Set Top Box, USA

Internet-Enabled TV Trumps 3-D TV in 2010
Jul 28, 2010 – While the consumer electronics headlines this year have been dominated by 3-D television news, the real story in 2010 is about Internet-Enabled TVs (IETVs), according to iSuppli Corp.
News categories: iSuppli, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Smart TV, Streaming

3D TV Shipments Expected to Reach 3.4M in 2010 and 42.9M in 2014
Jul 28, 2010 – A new generation of TVs has reached retail, with 3D models now available from all leading TV manufacturers. DisplaySearch forecasts 3.4 million 3D TVs to be shipped in 2010, with the market expected to reach 42.9 million in 2014.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, IFABerlin, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV

Parks Associates estimates 80% of TVs sold in U.S. in 2014 will be 3D-ready
Jul 27, 2010 – Parks Associates reports a modest increase in awareness of 3DTV among U.S. broadband households in 2010, but the mainstream viability of 3D depends on availability of premium video content and not one-off events such as the World Cup.
News categories: Parks Associates, Digital TV, Market Research, Metaverse, Smart TV