[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] SES World Skies will join broadcasters, programmers, TV makers and technology providers in a series of tests aimed at accelerating the delivery of 3-D TV, the company announced March 1.
    The trials, planned for this spring, will test eight major 3-D TV components in an end-to-end platform, including content production, formatting, encoding, uplinking and transmission, headend reception, network distribution, and display. SES teleports in Vernon Valley, N.J., and Manassas, Va., will provide the encoding, uplinking and delivery for the tests.
    “This is a clarion call to anyone doing 3-D TV. We have the platform for a whole new dimension of collaboration focused on doing 3-D TV right. While stereoscopic formats are being debated, the test platform allows everyone from content producers and cable operators to the makers of TVs and 3-D glasses to identify firsthand any compatibility issues with existing satellite-based video distribution systems,” SES World Skies Vice President Bryan McGuirk said in a statement.