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Manitoba-made 360-degree, 3D broadcast technology looking for more backing

by Myron LoveBRANDON, Man. – It’s a good idea (and wickedly cool-looking) but, without an infusion of money, it may not fly.“We’re sitting on pins and needles,” says Larry Brown, the president of 360 Replays, a new broadcast television technology system that provides 360-degree, live action images for televised sports events. “We have some irons in the fire, but nothing solid yet in terms of additional financing.”Over the past five years, Brown reports, he and his partners (including his son, tech whiz Michael, Olympic hockey producer Ralph Mellanby and Glenn Norman, a senior executive at the 1996 Atlanta Games and...