RapidTVNews.com reports that USA Network has kicked off an initiative to unify the viewing experience – both visually and functionally – across all devices. Using responsive design technology, USA is making  content and engagement cohesive across all screens, from the TV to the Web to mobile. USA is also refreshing its brand look and feel [...]

XbitLabs.com reports that a number of consumer electronics giants, including Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics, LG and others have invested heavily into development of current stereo-3D tech as well as 4K ultra-high-definition format. However, Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK, Nippon Hoso Kyokai), the leading developer of 8K format, claims that true three-dimensional pictures require resolutions simply impossible [...]

Tech2.in.com reports that Google has nearly completed its work on its VP9 video technology and is keen on seeing its application being picked up quickly. At its Google I/O conference on Wednesday, company employees spoke about the technology being a higher-quality alternative to the dominant video codec, H.264. According to the company, the move to [...]

Gizmodo.com writes: Imagine taking a picture, without a camera. If that sound ridiculous, it’s because it is—but it’s also exactly what a team of researchers from the University of Glasgow, UK, have been doing. This picture wasn’t created using two multi-pixel sensors like most 3D images—but with a technique called ghost imaging, which for the [...]

ExtremeTech.com has an interesting question for you: Where are all the 3D digital cameras and photos? There are 3D TVs, 3D movies, 3D games, 3D printers, Kinect — but, when it comes to 3D still cameras, the market is almost completely barren. Sure, there’s a handful of 3D point-and-shoot cameras, but they’re not exactly flying [...]

Advanced-Television.com reports that YouTube owner Google has sent Microsoft a cease-and-desist order to try and stop it distributing its new YouTube app for Windows Phone. Google demands that Microsoft “immediately withdraw this application from the Windows Phone Store and disable existing downloads of the application.” Google claims Microsoft’s app violates YouTube’s terms of service by, [...]

Advanced-Television.com reports that rapid conversion means that the number of digital homes in Eastern Europe will nearly double between 2012 and 2018, bringing the total to 121 million, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The Digital TV Eastern Europe report estimates that 13 million digital TV homes will be added in 2013 alone. [...]

TechnologyGuide.com asks: What is HD Voice and When Will it Be the Standard? Smartphones have improved on every feature, except for call quality. In fact, making a call is probably the worst thing one can do with a smartphone. But, voice calls over LTE could change that. It’s called Wideband Audio, but more commonly referred [...]

Reuters (via the Chicago Tribune) reports from London that “Avatar” director James Cameron and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev will beam the world’s first live 3D ballet broadcast to 50 countries from Russia’s Mariinsky theatre in June. Cinema audiences across Europe, the United States, South America, Asia, Australia and elsewhere will be able to watch Ekaterina [...]

CNET.com reports that Google plans to finish defining its VP9 video codec on June 17, providing a date on which the company will be able to start using the next-generation compression technology in Chrome and on YouTube. “Last week, we hosted over 100 guests at a summit meeting for VP9, the WebM Project’s next-generation open [...]

“Just Like Being There” What Needs to Be Preserved? Screening the Future 2013 Conference May 6, 2013 Tate Modern, London Video (TRT 30:30) “Just Like Being There” What Needs to Be Preserved? (1280×720, mp4, 57.7MB) Embed (540×304):

TechRadar.com reports that after James Cameron crammed the spectacular world of Pandora into our eyeballs in 3D with Avatar, Hollywood has been falling over itself making films in three dimensions. The results have been a little hit and miss, with 3D ticket sales plummeting in the US, and pundits like Danny Boyle and Christopher Nolan [...]

IBTimes.com says: Imagine being able to watch a live event like the Super Bowl or Academy Awards on a smartphone without having to wait for the video to buffer every few minutes, or sitting at a baseball stadium and having a live stream of the game available from your tablet without using your data plan.An [...]

AskMen takes a look at the $13,500 LG curved OLED.  

arstechnica.com reports that Mozilla/OTOY demonstration is technically impressive, but faces challenges. Describing it as “the future,” Mozilla has been showing off ORBX.js, a video codec roughly comparable to the industry-standard H.264 that can be decoded entirely in JavaScript. ORBX.js was developed by a company called OTOY. OTOY’s major product is Octane Render, a 3D renderer [...]

TheNextWeb.com reports that a recently-submitted document on PriorSmart.com indicates that National Cheng Kung University, a major, public educational institution in Taiwan filed a patent lawsuit against Apple on May 3rd. According to the lawsuit, NCKU accuses Apple on infringing on US Patent #7,561,078, which details technology for a “encoding system for a data set, particularly [...]

The UK’s Daily Mail reports that Hollywood may have embraced the 3D revolution, but film fans seem less enamoured. Ticket sales for the format in the UK have slumped by a third in two years, figures reveal. According to veteran film critic Barry Norman the technology is ‘overblown’ and adds nothing to the cinema-going experience, [...]

DesignNews.com reports that front-seat television technology is beginning to creep into the worldwide automotive market, but regulators, automakers, and suppliers say it’s unlikely to take hold in the US. The growing trend — said to be more popular in the Asian market than in North America or Europe — involves the use of electronic kits [...]

DigitalTVEurope.net reports that The UK 700MHz frequency range currently given over to digital-terrestrial broadcasting is clearly going to be re-allocated because of demand for mobile broadband spectrum, and the UK government - along with the Future of Innovation in Television Technology (FITT) task force – is looking at three possible scenarios for the future of the [...]

MaximumPC.com reports that while nobody brags about integrated graphics, and that’s because there’s not much there worthy of boast. That’s fine, but if manufactures insist on pushing thin and light platforms on the masses and shrinking the desktop, then is it too much to ask for an integrated graphics solution that either (A) doesn’t suck, [...]

AZOsensors.com reports that OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, launched today its smallest full high-definition (FHD) CameraChip sensor designed for front-facing camera applications in smartphones, tablets and ultrabooks. The new OV2724 delivers high frame rate 1080p/60 HD video with best-in-class sensitivity and dynamic range, and can fit inside a 5 [...]

kotaku.com has this story from George Kokoris: I cried the first time I held a Nintendo 3DS. The experience was a revelation that I’ll not soon forget, and even if everyone stopped making games for it tomorrow, my blue 3DS XL is not going anywhere. That little machine is a window into a part of [...]

The official Australian Football League website (www.afl.com.au) reports that the AFL’s controversial video score review system is set to remain in place until a suitable high-tech replacement can be found. The system has repeatedly come under fire this season, with the vision used to review scores often providing inconclusive, especially when used to determine whether [...]

From Sterocopynews.com : “Hear my voice… Alexander Graham Bell.”  said the inventor of the telephone more than a century in front of his cardboard and wax disc voice recorder on 15 April 1885 in Washington DC, USA. More than one century later, the badly damaged disc is unable to withstand a reading needle to play [...]

Telegram.com wondered why people buy 3D TVs when there’s hardly any programming for them. But a reader told us they have better pictures. We looked into that and discovered that it’s true for monster-sized TVs — 46 inches and above. Why is that? The image demands of 3D are much greater and it takes more [...]

Austrilia’s TheAge.co.au reports that those who loathe 3D films – and there are many – will have taken great heart from news last week that the sector was expected to decline this year, for the first time since 2009. ”The initial excitement has dwindled,” a market analysis from ratings agency Fitch noted. ”Consumers are focused [...]

Advanced-Television.com reports that 21 Japanese broadcasters, consumer electronics companies and telcos have come together to create a high profile development partnership to help Japan, and the rest of the world., to move into television’s next generation transmission format, Ultra-HDTV. The grouping includes public broadcaster NHK, which is actively backing its Super Hi-Vision/8K format, as well [...]

CBC News reports that a Canadian-led study has found that playing video games with both eyes can dramatically improve vision in adults with lazy eye — a condition thought to be all but untreatable in adults. Lazy eye, known to doctors as amblyopia, is a problem in which a person sees better in one eye [...]

The following is from the NAB’s TV TechCheck: On April 15, 2013 the FCC released a report discussing the results of the first-ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS), conducted jointly in 2011 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). One and a half years after this test [...]

Darren Ruecker is decidedly a 3D optimist. Ultimately, he thinks the format is going to improve in the hands of skilled filmmakers and technicians with able hands and keen eyes and will be as much an institution of the moving image as color is today. If the type of people who currently say 3D is [...]

The following Press release was issued by the Advanced Television Systems Committee on Wednesday: We are pleased to announce our keynote speaker for the 2013 ATSC Annual Meeting: William Lake, Chief, Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The ATSC Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, May 9, 2013 at the Ronald Reagan International [...]

Reuters reports that Amazon.com Inc’s experiment with original video production took a big step forward today as the company posted 14 pilot TV shows on the Internet for free viewing. Amazon, the world’s largest Internet retailer, has been filming pilots in recent months for comedy and kids TV shows such as Alpha House, Betas and [...]

TFW2005.com reports that Michael Bay has spoken to Collider on an exclusive interview at the Cinemacon regarding various new Technology he will be using for Transformers 4. “Over the last few years, IMAX has been quietly developing a smaller digital camera with amazing resolution. And while that would be great on its own…the new camera [...]

The following Press Release was issued Monday by RealD at CinemaCon: RealD Introduces Precision White Screen Technology Combining 2D White Screen Performance with Polarized 3D Capability Forty Percent More Total Light Than a Standard Silver Screen with More Uniform Brightness in 2D and 3D CINEMACON, LAS VEGAS (APRIL 15, 2013) – RealD Inc. (NYSE: RLD) [...]

The following Press Release was issued by Barco today: Barco, Auro Technologies and DTS collaborate in support of proposed new open format for immersive object-based cinema sound Alliance responds to NATO’s plea for universal audio rendering platform to simplify adoption of 3D sound by movie exhibitors Rancho Cordova, Calif., USA – 17 April 2013 – [...]

NextMovie.com asks: So just what is 4DX exactly? Don’t worry, you don’t need a time machine or hallucinogenic drugs to breach the fourth dimension. Instead, it’s a new immersive movie experience that includes tilting rumble seats, wind and fog machines, an array of scents and odors and even machines that spray water or blow bubbles [...]

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that if you long for the days of speckled images and crackling sounds, head to YouTube because it’s now letting users relive the era of cassette tapes with a “VHS mode.” The new mode, which will only be around for one day, gives YouTube videos a shaky feel and grainy [...]

The following Press Release was issued by Sonic Notify on Friday, April 12: NEW YORK – Sonic Notify today announces that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded the company Patent No. 8,401,569 for its audio watermarking technology. The patent gives Sonic Notify the ability to be an exclusive in-store and TV broadcaster of [...]

The UK’s Telegraph reports that It’s one of the greatest debates on football – did the ball cross the line, or didn’t it? FIFA has chosen the Hawk-Eye goal-line technology to clear up arguments about dodgy refereeing once and for all. Read more and see the video at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/sportvideo/footballvideo/9986804/How-Hawk-Eye-goal-line-technology-will-work-for-football.html

Hollywood Reporter reports from NAB that Germany’s research organization Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute is presenting a series of innovative camera developments during the NAB show — including a proof of concept trifocal camera system that the Institute is developing in association with Walt Disney Animation Studios Research and camera maker ARRI. The  camera uses a [...]

When We’re Ready: a History of Cinema Technology NAB 2013 April 6, 2013 Link for image in Slide 2: Image of NAU Coop Double Horizon Cinema http://www.nau.coop/index.php#/future-design/double-horizon-cinema/Cinema_02 Video (TRT 18:14) When_Were_Ready (960×540, mp4,  22.2MB) Embed (540×304):

Advancing Cameras for Cinema Panel Discussion (Panel Intro Only) NAB 2013 April 6, 2013 Video (3:43 TRT) Advancing_Cameras_for_Cinema (960×540, mp4, 3.24 MB) Embed (540×304):

IndiaTimes.com reports that Researchers have developed a new laser powered camera system that creates high-resolution 3D images of objects from up to a kilometer away. A standard camera takes flat, 2D pictures. To get 3D information, such as the distance to a far-away object, scientists can bounce a laser beam off the object and measure [...]

The following Press Release was issued by Media Excel today: Media Excel HERO Video Transcoder Platform First and Only Solution to Earn JITC Certification Austin, Texas, April 6, 2013 — Media Excel—the worldwide innovator of adaptive bitrate, multi-device transcoding for multiscreen video delivery—today announced that its HERO video transcoder solutions have received Joint Interoperability Test [...]

CNET.com reports that the developer version of Chrome now relies by default on Opus, a royalty-free audio compression technology designed for voice and music. Chrome 27, making its way through the development pipeline, is helping to advance the fortunes of a new audio compression technology called Opus. Opus is what’s called a codec — a [...]

3Dfocus.co.uk reports that despite the drop in picture resolution, passive 3D TV technology is proving more popular with manufacturers and demand is growing much faster than active 3D. That is the conclusion of a report from NPD DisplaySearch which says that shipments of 3D patterned retarder optical film for LCD TV are estimated to increase [...]

Vietnamnet.vn reports that Vietnam plans to stop analog TV in the five biggest cities by 2015. Therefore, digital TV would be broadcasted in the cities together with analog TV from 2014. A series of events have been organized by the Ministry of Information and Communication recently which shows the strong determination of the ministry to [...]

LubbockOnline.com reports that the $11 million construction project at the north end of Jones AT&T Stadium should be substantially complete by July 2, a Texas Tech official said Friday, March 29, leaving time for fine-tuning before the Red Raiders’ Sept. 7 home opener. Workers have erected two tiers of a five-tier super structure that will [...]

The Fandom of the Opera: How the Audience for a Four-Century-Old Art Form Helped Create the Modern Media World (TRT: 1:48:35) Mark Schubin, the engineer who helped design the “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcasts, shares his insights on how opera, over the course of four centuries, essentially created all modern media, including newscasts and sportscasts. [...]

Hollywoodreporter.com reports that Oscar winner Ang Lee said wannabe 3D Filmmakers should “trust no one” when it comes to 3D movie-making. The Life of Pi director told an audience at the 3D Creative Summit in the British capital via a live link from Fox News Studios in NYC that anyone who claims to know about [...]