Adjustable depth and full HD quality could be available to 3D TV viewers from 2012 in a new set of broadcasting formats.

The DVB Group, which sets the standards for digital TV in Europe and many other countries, is working on proposals to improve the current 3D TV experience.

Top of the list for the Phase Two 3DTV standard are Depth Range Control and how to upgrade to Full HD detail from today's half-HD 3D.

David Wood, chairman of the DVB commercial module, said he hopes to make the new standard available to broadcasters in the middle of 2012.
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Fifty-foot Ultra HD TV screens and 3D events will mark the technology highlights for the BBC's coverage of next year's London Olympics.

Three 50ft screens will be delivered from Japan to show the games in the Super Hi-Vision format, which offers 16-times the detail of current HD TV.

Roger Mosey, BBC director of London 2012, said the screens will be sited in public near BBC buildings in London and Glasgow, with a third at the National Media Museum in Bradford.

The BBC's 3D coverage will be restricted to special events like the 100m final as part of a limited experiment.  read more »

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BBC HD & 3D chief Danielle Nagler is leaving and will not be replaced.

Control of BBC HD will pass to BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow, while the person responsible for 3D has yet to be named.

Danielle Nagler joined the BBC in 1996 as a journalist and became head of BBC HD in July 2008, overseeing the launch of BBC One HD in 2010 and the recent 3D tennis trials at Wimbledon.

However, she also came in for criticism from campaigners who held her responsible for a decline in picture quality on the BBC's HD channels.
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Sunday July 3 saw the first public 3D transmissions from the BBC starting with the Wimbledon's men's singles final.

Keen to gauge public opinion on this still-nascent broadcasting technology the broadcaster allowed a select few tennis-loving (or just curious) punters to visit Television Centre and experience the broadcast on multiple displays and Wotsat went along too.  read more »

The BBC is to make its first public 3D broadcasts in July when it airs the Wimbledon tennis finals in 3D

Viewers with 3D-enabled Sky, Freesat or Virgin Media receivers and TVs will be able to watch the men's and women's finals in 3D on July 2nd and 3rd.  read more »

Toshiba says its  VL series of LED 3D TVs has been designed for  'the family'.  read more »

Toshiba's first CEVO Engine powered LED TVs will debut in July.  read more »

Samsung's latest LED TV range comes with Freesat HD and Freeview HD tuners and PVR recording via USB.  read more »

Digital TV standards family DVB has published its first set of rules for 3D services.

The DVB-3DTV specification is restricted to services like Sky 3D, known as 'frame compatible plano-stereoscopic 3D'.

BlueBook A154, as it's known, specifies the delivery system for 3D TV services, which are transmitted in a standard MPEG-4 HD signal that can be decoded by a typical HD receiver or HD TV, connected to a 3D display.  read more »