Sky 3D TV becomes a reality on Sunday, with a pilot of the extra dimensional digital telly at pubs across the land for this weekend’s biggest football match, and a major rollout this Spring. Want to know the whens and wheres? Read on.
Sky will be snatching a world first this weekend when it airs the first live 3D TV broadcast of a sports event. Patrons at nine pubs in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Dublin will be able to watch Arsenal take on Manchester United at the Emirates in Sky 3D this weekend.
Sky’s not just plopping one camera down on the sideline and lazily streaming it either: it’s producing a whole separate edit of the match, with eight 3D cameras in the stadium, 3D match graphics and dedicated commentary.
We’re just chasing for the exact locations now, but if you can’t make it to any of the select watering holes this weekend, Sky’s also revealed that hundreds more pubs will get Sky 3D TV from April, with at least one live Premier League match in 3D each week.
Sky+HD subscribers meanwhile will be able to try out Sky 3D for no extra charge if they choose Sky’s top package in HD “later this year”, but you’ll need to pick up a 3D ready TV first of course, and we’re still waiting on most of the beauties we saw at CES to ship.
Are you keen on Sky’s 3D TV plans? Will you be hotstepping it to the pub this weekend or would you rather keep the dodgy specs inside the home? Let us know in the comments below.
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