British network Sky Sports claims it will broadcast the world’s first live sports event in 3-D when Arsenal hosts Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday.
Previous 3-D trials have been limited to closed-circuit broadcasts in Britain and the US, but the BSkyB channel will be transmitting Sunday’s match via regular satellite decoder boxes to selected pubs in Britain and Ireland.
Soccer fans will have to wear special glasses to watch the 3-D televisions at the nine venues as they preview Sky’s dedicated 3-D channel, which will be launched in April.
The channel will be available to pub subscribers before being expanded to regular customers and will initially broadcast one Premier League match a week in the new format.
“3-D is without doubt one of the most talked-about developments in television for many years,” BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch said yesterday.
Viewers in the US won’t witness live sport in 3-D until June when ESPN broadcasts the World Cup, although — like in Britain — there have been trials of live sport in movie theaters.
Consumer interest in 3-D technology has been spurred by James Cameron’s sci-fi movie Avatar.
And Sky’s technology team sought help from Cameron.
“James is a massive evangelist about 3-D and he lives, breathes and eats 3-D and just wants to see good 3-D out there,’’ said Sky Sports director of operations Darren Long.
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