FIFA Considers Dropping 3D World Cup Coverage

Advanced-Television.com reports that in the wake of ESPN’s decision to drop its 3D service, football’s governing body FIFA has admitted it is reconsidering 3D coverage of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, describing the decision as another setback for the format.

Niclas Ericson, FIFA’s director of television, said that it was clear when a big sports broadcaster such as ESPN made such an announcement, it created a lot of extra tension for the technology.

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa saw the first 3D coverage, with 25 of the 64 matches screened in the format, buoyed by what FIFA described at the time, as “rapidly growing consumer interest”.

“We are still reviewing whether we should do 3D for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the number of matches,” Ericson said at a briefing during the Confederations Cup tournament in Brazil.

Read more at http://advanced-television.com/2013/06/20/fifa-considers-dropping-3d-world-cup-coverage/

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