Cable-Tec 2010: With no standards, 3DTV delivery is a big problem

By Alan Breznick

NEW ORLEANS – Despite the strong promise of 3DTV to pull in viewers and transform television viewing and advertising, a lack of technical standards will hamper the adoption of the technology by pay TV providers and network programmers, according to cable engineers and other tech executives.Speaking at the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers’ (SCTE’s) annual convention here last week, the senior technologists warned that 3DTV could flounder if new industry standards aren’t established soon. "Until these standards are in place – and it's probably going to happen sometime next year – things are going to be messy, things are going...