Technicolor Partner With CANAL+ Group

A provider of production, postproduction, and distribution services is providing play-out services to the CANAL + Group for live 3D broadcast of 2010 FIFA World Cup matches in South Africa.
Working at the Technicolor play-out facility in Saint-Cloud (France), Technicolor specialists are handling live 3D programme reception and broadcast, as well as insertion of additional 3D content and commentary from CANAL + sports journalists. The broadcasts are carried on a dedicated CANAL+ 3D channel, launched this month by the CANAL+ Group. All the members of the expert Technicolor 3D team in St. Cloud have joined forces to meet this challenge and make the event a success.
This is the first time in France that 3D content has been broadcast live, with full play-out services, including insertion of dynamic graphics. Frederic Rose, Chief Executive Officer of Technicolor, commented: "We are pleased to provide 3D services for this event to CANAL+, a major, long-standing customer. We have been able to satisfy CANAL + needs thanks to the experience gained providing broadcast play-out for all the CANAL+ thematic channels and CANAL Overseas, and our expertise in 3D solutions. After attending the Technology Fair at our headquarters last month, CANAL + teams were impressed by the potential for innovation highlighted in our 3D demos. That led to further discussions and the decision to handle this 3D broadcast project together."
(BMcN)