The Sky 3D channel has so far been strictly accessible usually in 1,500 or so UK pubs, though right away the residential launch for all Sky+HD business is slated for October 1. The 2010 Ryder Cup will offer as a launch eventuality with 3 days of live coverage from Celtic Manor as a US and European teams do battle; the initial ever in 3D, though the third such event it’s lonesome in tall definition. Golf fans won’t be the usually ones catered to, Premier League football will be returning once a deteriorate starts as well as today’s proclamation coincided with the SkyArts 3D filming organised by a English National Ballet. Hollywood’s vital studios have already concluded to yield 3D cinema together with Bolt, Monsters vs. Aliens, Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince as well as some-more, whilst Sky has consecrated its own strange 3D flick, Flying Monsters presented by Sir David Attenborough. Not utterly ready for a 3D revolution? Feel giveaway to put which upon a backburner — at slightest until a 2012 London Olympics — as a network is additionally adding calm from HBO, a vast slate of brand-new comedies, Anytime+ VOD, as well as the Sky Mobile TV iPad app. With an HD channel equate of 43 as well as plans to stretch 50 by year-end, there should be the small something there for everybody to enjoy.

Show full PR textSky to come in 3D destiny on October 1st

Sky currently reliable it will launch Sky 3D, Europe’s initial 3D channel, to millions of Sky homes on Friday 1st October 2010. The proclamation coincided with a filming of the fantastic dance slight at St Pancras hire, where Bollywood dancers achieved in front of 3D cameras as partial of a new SkyArts 3D prolongation in partnership with English National Ballet.

Sky’s ground-breaking service will launch with an sparkling line-up of cinema as well as live sport . It will be accessible to any Sky+HD home which has invested in a 3D-ready TV. The launch weekend highlights will embody:

* This year’s Ryder Cup, with 3 days of live coverage from Celtic Manor, as Europe take on the US in a many energetically awaited golf eventuality of the year.
* Two of the greatest grossing 3D films to date – Bolt as well as Monster vs. Aliens – will have their 3DTV debuts

The Sky 3D channel line-up will then continue to enhance in a run-up to Christmas with a number of film titles including: Alice in Wonderland; Ice Age – Dawn of a Dinosaurs; Coraline; Fly Me To The Moon, Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince and My Bloody Valentine. Sky has agreed with Disney, Fox, Universal, Warner Brothers, Paramount as well as DreamWorks to showcase the really most appropriate of Hollywood in 3D.

Sky will additionally offer a range of live competition, including Premier League football, from launch. Further shows travelling entertainment and a arts will be voiced closer to the service’s launch.

All Sky+HD viewers with a 3D TV will be means to embrace Sky 3D, as no set-top box ascent is compulsory. At no extra assign, business who allow to Sky’s top channel and HD container will embrace access to a wide operation of 3D cinema, entertainment as well as sports.

Jeremy Darroch, Sky’s Chief Executive, pronounced: “As with High Definition, 3D is set to renovate a approach TV is enjoyed in homes national. Following prohibited on a heels of a success of 3D cinema, Sky business will right away be a first anywhere in Europe to experience 3D TV from the joy of their living bedrooms. They can look brazen to the illusory brew of live competition, blockbuster cinema, as well as innovative party and humanities shows.”

Today’s announcement builds upon the successful launch of a world’s initial commercially accessible 3D channel in April 2010. Sky 3D is right away available in some-more than 1,500 pubs as well as clubs opposite a UK as well as Ireland. Over a million sports fans have already marvelled during a operation of sports broadcast live in 3D given a channel’s launch. Sports lonesome to date embody football, rugby union, cricket, rugby joining and darts.

Sky 3D is compatible with all of a 3D TVs being introduced by Sony, Samsung, LG as well as Panasonic, as well as functions with both ‘active’ as well as ‘passive’ 3D formats.

To register for a ultimate report on Sky 3D revisit: www.sky.com/3D

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The Ryder Cup in 3D!

Last updated: 29th July 2010

Sky Sports will shade a 2010 Ryder Cup live in 3D.

The promote will be the initial event to be shown upon Sky 3D, Europe’s first residential 3D TV channel, that will launch upon October 1, 2010.

The Ryder Cup will form a cornerstone of Sky 3D’s launch weekend’s schedule, with key holes from Twenty Ten Course at Celtic Manor broadcast in 3D, on condition that the unique and never-before-seen viewpoint of golf’s biggest group eventuality.

Today’s proclamation builds on a successful launch in April of a world’s first commercially available 3D channel. Sky 3D is right away accessible in some-more than 1,500 pubs as well as clubs opposite a UK as well as Ireland as well as over a single million sports fans have already marvelled during the range of sports broadcast live in 3D since a channel’s launch. Sports lonesome to date include football, cricket, rugby kinship, rugby joining and darts.

The residential launch of Sky 3D will meant that any Sky+HD patron with the 3D Ready TV will be means to suffer a philharmonic of live sport in 3D in the comfort of their vital room. Viewers who have nonetheless to buy the 3D TV can still suffer a movement by visiting www.sky.com/3dpubs to find their nearest Sky 3D beer hall.

Sky Sports will additionally uncover live coverage of a 2010 Ryder Cup in High Definition (HD), as well as this will be a third Ryder Cup to be shown by Sky Sports in HD. Our on-screen group for a 2010 Ryder Cup will embody presenter David Livingstone and commentators Ewen Murray and Butch Harmon.

Speaking about a proclamation, Ewen Murray pronounced: “Watching golf in 3D gives you a sense which you’re station right beside the golfer as he takes his shot.

“3D highlights each shift of betterment upon a golf march creation it probable for a spectator to get an correct review of any slant upon the fairways as well as greens.”

Richard Hills, a Ryder Cup executive, said: “Following the success of Sky’s High Definition coverage you have followed the expansion of Sky’s 3D broadcasts with penetrating seductiveness. We have been really impressed with Sky’s efforts to serve raise the coverage as well as are gay which the Ryder Cup will be a partial of TV story with a launch of Europe’s initial 3DTV channel.”

Sky started testing 3D record dual years ago and combined story on January 31, 2010 with a world’s first live sports 3D TV broadcast – Arsenal v Manchester United.

Following this it has shown 3D live coverage of Test as well as One Day International cricket, the semi-final as well as last from rugby union’s Guinness Premiership, Wigan v Warrington from rugby league’s rivet Super League XV, and a semi-finals as well as last from a Stan James World Matchplay darts championship.

The brand-new residential channel Sky 3D will also suggest a range of must-see cinema, competition, documentaries, entertainment and arts calm.