Broadcasters Not Interested in 3D

…broadcasters rate production of 3D content and channels as their lowest technology investment priority, and the lack of programming for consumers who have bought a 3DTV will continue…

“This ambivalence towards investment in 3D content production and creation of 3D channels, particularly for North American broadcasters, leaves a big hole in the availability of 3D content, and tells us that the lack of 3D programming we have seen during 2010 is unlikely to improve in 2011…”

https://www.tvtechnology.com/article/120866

Dear 3D, Please Die Already (Again)

Let me tell you young’ens a story about the ancient year of 1983. I was a very young and impressionable little film freak, but even I could smell the stink from the pile of 3D movies that was hitting the screens. Jaws 3, Friday the 13th Part 3, Amityville, Parasite, Spacehunter, Starchaser, Comin’ at Ya!, Treasure of the Four Crowns … and those were the good ones. Yes, for about 18 months, the 1950s sensation was back, and it sucked.

3D was invented as one of several gimmicks created to keep moviegoers distracted from how awesome television is. And then it came back in the ’80s to try and distract people from those new-fangled VHS machines and high-tech video game set-ups like the Atari 2600. And now it’s back for an extended stay because someone in Hollywood looked around and said “Crap! There are way too many entertainment options these days! We need to dust off our secret weapon! Yes, my brilliant fellow studio executives, we must resort to 3D again. We’re desperate.”

Now, however, we have all sorts of allegedly dazzling technology that will allow 3D to be well and truly “immersive,” which isn’t exactly what the creators of Amityville 3D were going for, so surely this is a welcome return. Computer technology will allow 3D to become mainstream, commonly accepted, and perhaps even awesomely popular! Plus they charge a few dollars more for the 3D screenings! Everyone wins!

Oh, except for my assertion that 3D sucks…

https://www.movies.com/movie-news/new-news/dear-3d-please-die-already-again/2965

Streaming Video Is Changing the Face of TV

Online video is certainly changing the face of broadcast and pay TV, but is it changing it fast enough?

Why can’t I get pay TV channels unbundled? asked the moderator, Greg Sandoval of CNET, to a Streaming Media East panel on streaming video’s impact.

“I get this question everyday, every single day,” laughed Hans Deutmeyer, a vice president with HBO. “We’ve looked at the economics, we’ve run the numbers over and over again, and it still seems to make sense to follow the TV Everywhere Model.”

But for Andrew Kippen, vice president of marketing for Boxee, the old school way working ignores the needs and financial realities of young adults.

“If I’m a 23-year-old and I’ve just graduated college…I use the Internet for everything. I’m not going to go pay $85 a month, or however much it is — that’s the average cable bill a month — I’m not going to pay that just so I can get HBO,” Kippen said…

https://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/Streaming-Video-Is-Changing-the-Face-of-TV-75610.aspx