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Consumer 3D Television Moving Forward

TheSync writes "Hollywood Reporter claims that SMPTE (the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) will 'establish an industry task force to define the parameters of a mastering standard for 3D content distributed via broadcast, cable, satellite, packaged media and the Internet, and played-out on televisions, computer screens and other tethered displays.' Already, Japanese Nippon BS viewers with Hyundai 3D LCD sets can watch an hour of 3D programming daily. Even your existing DLP TV set might be 3D capable today with the addition of LCD shutter glasses." Reader DaMan1970 makes note of another developing television technology; telescopic pixel displays. "Each pixel consists of 2 opposing mirrors where the primary mirror can change shape under an applied voltage.

Norman Lear, Maya Angelou, Morgan Freeman

The television producer Norman Lear and the author Maya Angelou will be the 2008 recipients of the Marian Anderson Award, which honors artists whose leadership benefits humanity. They are to accept their honors, each with an accompanying $100,000 honorarium, at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia on Nov. 17. Angelou, 80, has written more than a dozen best sellers including "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," as well as three Grammy-winning spoken-word albums, poetry, plays and children's books. She has also written for television and film. Lear, 76, was creator, producer and writer for television series that became cultural landmarks including "All in the Family," "Sanford and Son," "The Jeffersons" and "Maude."

Hit Television Shows 24, My Name is Earl & Bones Available for the First Time Ever on the iTunes Store UK

Hit Television Shows 24, My Name is Earl & Bones Available for the First Time Ever on the iTunes Store UK

Sony Pictures Television International OKs Content Distribution on DivX Certified Consumer Electronics Devices

Sony Pictures Television International OKs Content Distribution on DivX Certified Consumer Electronics Devices

Spectacular television images: Beckhoff embedded PCs control SpiderCam camera robot

The 16 top football teams in Europe recently competed in the UEFA European Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland. Ultimately won by Spain, the event was broadcast to 180 countries worldwide with the SpiderCam camera robots, mounted above the field, providing spectacular television images. The state-of-the-art camera systems, all controlled by Beckhoff PC-based control technology, were installed in four of the European Championship stadia.

Blinkx Remote internet television launches beta today

A new internet television service launches today to bring your favourite transmissions directly to a computer screen near you with the minimal amount if fuss. Blinkx Remote is currently in beta but the public are invited to navigate on by, search for a show from Channel 4, Five or any of the BBC and ITV channels, and sit back and relax while maintaining a puzzled look so as to convince everyone at work that you're mulling over some spreadsheet or other.

Sony Entertainment Television to Launch in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, July 22: Sony Entertainment Television (SET) will launch on July 29 in Hong Kong on now TV, airing English-language

Targeted advertising project prompts privacy concerns

American cable television operators have launched a combined initiative to offer targeted interactive television advertising under the name Canoe Ventures, but could face concerns from consumers over the implications for privacy. The greater challenge is more likely to be one of technical integration.

Sony expects TV business to make full-year profit

expects its television business to make a full-year profit in spite of an operating loss in the April-June quarter, its Chief Financial Officer Nobuyuki Oneda said in an interview, according to the Nikkei business daily. Sony's television business lost 19 billion yen ($176 million) at the operating level during the quarter. Oneda said the company's liquid crystal display televisions were "selling well" in the U.S., but the economic slowdown was "gradually starting to affect digital camera, personal computer and audio equipment markets," according to the report. Sony shares added 0.7% in Tokyo morning trading. End of Story

Best Buy To Release DTV PSA for August DTV Awareness Month

Best Buy, together with the Minnesota Broadcasters Association and Apex Digital Incorporated, has produced a non-branded half-hour television program - DTV Simplified - designed to educate and inform consumers on the upcoming analog to digital broadcast transition. The PSA will be made available to broadcasters nationwide free of charge to be used during the government declared Digital Television Transition Awareness Month (August 2009) and through March 2009.

Microsoft and Netflix team to stream movies to consoles

Owners of the Microsoft Xbox 360 games console will be able to watch more than 10,000 movies and television programmes, streamed on demand over broadband, following a partnership with Netflix, the largest online movie rental service in the world. The companies claim that the Xbox 360 will offer more movies and programmes on demand than any other device connected to the television.

Buy From Amazon With Your TiVo

PunkOfLinux writes "From The NYTimes comes news that TiVo and Amazon have reached an agreement to allow consumers to purchase products from Amazon through their television sets using their TiVo remote control. TiVo will launch the new service to consumers by merchandising products related to several high-profile programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Colbert Report, and Burn Notice. Broadband-connected Series2, Series3, and TiVo HD DVRs will be able to take advantage of the new feature." This sounds like the latest incarnation of the dream of television executives who in the early '90s talked about the "information superhighway," before it was clear that the Internet was going to fill that role. What they envisioned was "interactive TV," i.

TiVo and Amazon team up to make shopping on the couch even easier

amazon tivo TiVo and Amazon are looking at ways to bring product placements to a whole new level with the introduction of a new service called “Product Purchase.� With Product Purchase, viewers of certain television shows will be able to switch over to Amazon on their own TV sets and purchase items mentioned during the show directly from their remote control. No PC is needed for this to work - just shop from your chair or couch. The service launched today with support for four shows including the Oprah Winfrey Show, The Colbert Report, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Burn Notice. This service takes user/television show interactions to a whole new level and could bring new meaning to the impulsive shopping. Imagine, seeing a piece of clothing on Oprah’s show and then easily buying it the next minute on Amazon.

WBTV Talks Robot Pilot With David Golden

David Golden, writer and performer with comedy troupe Robot Johnson (www.robotjohnson.com), appeared on WBTV News at Noon recently and gave an interview with John Carter. Golden discussed the group’s current run at the Duke Energy Theatre, during which Robot Johnson will film a half-hour long pilot for national television. The interview segment also featured the television debut of two of the troupe’s Youtube videos, “Hemmons Discount Store Fixtures” and “Live at 5.” “We strive to be the best and funniest thing in Charlotte,” says Golden. “We want to make sure that our show is entertaining before you spend your dollar on it.” Robot Johnson is Charlotte's premier sketch comedy troupe, giving the Queen City good humor by bad people. Shows are Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 and 10:00 pm, running July 11th through August 2nd at the Duke

Sanyo Energy Signs Sponsorship Agreement With Nokia Theatre At Grand Prairie

DALLAS, TX (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) -- Sanyo Energy Corporation, announced today, August 4, 2008, the company has signed a six-figure sponsorship agreement with Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie, TX and its sister venue The Palladium Ballroom in Dallas, TX. Terms of the sponsorship agreement include Sanyo Energy providing plasma television screens and related equipment to be showcased throughout Nokia Theatre, as well as at The Palladium Ballroom. The plasma television screens will also be displayed in each of the 16 VIP suites, as well as in The Club, which is the private club accessible only to those in the suites and Club members. In return, Sanyo Energy will receive significant onsite signage and logo placement throughout Nokia Theater and The Palladium Ballroom.

Flat Panel TVs & Digital Cameras to Grow in Canada in 2008

Sales of digital cameras and televisions in Canada were strong in 2007, with growth predicted in 2008, according to the report, 2008 Consumer Electronics Market Trends and Forecast, by the Consumer Electronics Marketers of Canada (CEMC), an Electro-Federation Canada (EFC) council, and the Canadian Imaging Trade Association (CITA). The report reveals the rise in sales of digital cameras was up almost 25% in 2007 over the previous year, with manufacturers shipping almost 3.8 million digital cameras to Canadian retailers. The sale of digital cameras in 2008 is projected to increase to 3,952 units. In the Canadian television market, CEMC reported 2007 as a solid year of growth for television shipments in Canada. Sales surpassed the 3 million mark in 2007, an increase of 2% from 2006 levels.

Television Review: Warriors on the Wildlife Frontier

THERE'S a man up a ladder, halfway up a cliff, using a long stick to grab seabirds so he can put rings on their feet and keep track of them. This is Bob Swann, a naturalist, and I suspect that when he goes to the fair he cleans up on the hook-a-duck stall. One of the enthusiasts featured on Born To Be Wild, the aptly named Swann has spent almost a quarter of a century checking nests.

Television Keeps a Hand in the Online Game With Serialized Shows

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