BBC to broadcast Last Night Of The Proms in 3D
BBC announces Proms finale will be in 3D as part of ‘Summer of 3D’.
For the first time the BBC will broadcast the Last Night of the Proms live from the Royal Albert Hall in 3D. They hope that it will give the audience at home the feeling they are ‘in the orchestra’.
In August, the lost world of dinosaurs will be recreated for Planet Dinosaur 3D. Described as the ‘most ambitious animated programmes ever attempted’, a specialist team have worked frame by frame to ensure that viewers have the ultimate 3D experience.
The opening and closing ceremony of the London Olympic games will be broadcast in 3D along with the highly anticipated Men’s 100m final. A highlights package at the end of each day will also be shown in 3D.
This weekend the BBC will re-broadcast the Wimbledon Men’s singles semi-finals in 3D and selective live coverage from the Men’s and Ladies’ final games.
The free-to-air broadcast of these events in 3D will be available to anyone who has access to a 3D TV set and to the BBC HD Channel, regardless of which digital TV provider they use.