Canal+ Prepares a 3D Channel

While 3D TV is on the top of the list of announcements at CES in Las Vegas this week, French pay-TV Canal+ couldn't stay silent. With BSkyB's much publicised support of 3D, and now a slew of announcements from the USA in support of 3D, Canal Plus is joining the 3D club. Canal Plus Group announced that it will enrich its overall offering with a 3D channel by the end of this year.

"We're currently experimenting shooting and are working on the technical chain," Canal+ said. TV set manufacturers would have been contacted and 3D shooting experiments already made, mostly in the sport sector.

In France, telco Orange is also experimenting with 3D TV, focusing on sport. France Télécom, for instance, made demonstrations at the Roland Garros Tennis Open last summer.

By Pascale Paoli Lebailly, RapidTVews