AMG To Become The First 3-D Network

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AMG To Become The First 3-D Network

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AMG to become first 3-D network
Kerner to offer stereo technology for viewers

by David S. Cohen

The seeds of the nation's first 3-D broadcast network have been planted, repping a small step for television, but a giant leap for 3-D.

Signet Intl. Holdings, a publicly traded company led by former NBC and PBS exec Tom Donaldson and boxing promoter Ernie Letiziano, is buying AMG TV, a modestly sized net that feeds syndicated programs to some 200 terrestrial station affiliates, some of them carrying programming only part of the day.

Simultaneously, Signet has pacted with Kerner Broadcast Corp. for exclusive use of Kerner's 3-D TV technology. Kerner, a spinoff from Lucasfilm's Industrial Light and Magic, is also taking an equity position in Signet.

"We fully plan to have, as soon as we can acquire the library, the first full-time 3-D network in the country," Donaldson told Daily Variety.
Read about it here: http://www.variety.com/article/VR111800 ... 1&nid=2565" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: AMG To Become The First 3-D Network

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This smells like anaglyphic again. At least the bit about
"and an "enhancement" that will turn any HD television into a 3-D TV for about $50, including the cost of glasses"

That would be bad...
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Great news. We need more 3D content, especially on the mainstream end.
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Re: AMG To Become The First 3-D Network

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yer colour code colour code :lol: , ha ha ha i was things would move a little more quickly with the stereo solutions , it seems s-3d has been at for so long but has been so slow at getting going..
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Could it be a Field Sequential setup? Maybe some box & the glasses.
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