3ality Digital Receives 'Global Media Visionary' Award

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Groundbreaking Live Broadcast of 2009 BCS Championship Game Set New Standard
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BURBANK, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Academy of Television
Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and the Sports Video Group (SVG) have presented the
Global Media Visionary Award to 3ality Digital, LLC (www.3alitydigital.com)
for its live 3D production of the 2009 FedEx BCS Championship Game, which took
place on Jan. 8, 2009, in Miami, Fla.

3ality Digital was presented with the honor, part of the Global Media Awards
for College Sports, on June 9 alongside Sony, Fox Sports and Cinedigm Digital
Cinema Corp., all of whom were partners on the project. The groundbreaking
event marked the first time a live 3D broadcast was made available to
consumers nationwide, with thousands of college football fans filling scores
of movie theaters coast to coast to see the University of Florida Gators take
on the University of Oklahoma Sooners.

"This is a tremendous honor and an important endorsement of the role
live-action digital 3D will play in the future of sports broadcasting," said
3ality Digital CEO Sandy Climan. "We are thrilled to be recognized with our
valued partners for bringing a more immersive, more dynamic sports experience
to fans across the country."

The Global Media Awards for College Sports celebrate excellence across the
entire spectrum of college sports video production, including work by colleges
and universities, national and regional sports networks and technology
innovators.

"The 3D production of the BCS game proved the viability of a next-generation
3D viewing experience that can get college football fans out of their homes
and into theaters," says Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG Editorial Director. "The team
at 3ality Digital played an important role in ensuring not only that viewers
had a quality experience but that 3D productions are financially viable."

The product of more than 10 years of development, 3ality Digital's proprietary
stereoscopic 3D image capture and processing technology made it possible for
the company to shoot the game, as well as provide edits, transitions and
graphics, in digital 3D.  The images were then multiplexed for transmission
using current 2D infrastructure, which included the use of regular broadcast
trucks.

"The BCS game gave the general public its first taste of how digital 3D can
transform the sports viewing experience on a massive scale," said Steve
Schklair, CEO of 3ality Digital Systems, the technology subsidiary of 3ality
Digital. "Moving forward, we're committed to using our technology and
expertise to further enhance the way in which consumers enjoy their
live-action entertainment."

3ality Digital's technology is designed to augment rather than replace the
capabilities of current production, post-production and broadcast teams; the
technology is applicable to digital filmmaking as well as live and scripted
television production and broadcast.

About 3ality Digital 
3ality Digital develops advanced technologies to power uniquely dynamic
content and audience experiences in 3D.  The company's mission is to deliver
pixel-perfect 3D entertainment from image capture through broadcast,
regardless of viewing platform, ultimately setting the standard for
live-action digital 3D.  Based in Burbank, California, 3ality Digital brings
together world-class experts in the fields of filmmaking, science and
technology to develop systems to power 3D broadcasts and environments in which
audience members feel the action and become part of the moment. The company's
series of "firsts" include the first movie shot completely in digital
live-action 3D (U2 3D); the first live 3D broadcast of an NFL game (Raiders
vs. Chargers, Dec. 4th, 2008); the first live 3D sports broadcast available to
consumers (BCS Championship, Jan. 8th, 2009); the first 3D commercial
broadcast on television (SoBe's "Lizard Lake"); and the first episode of a
scripted television series shot in live-action digital 3D (Chuck vs. The Third
Dimension, aired on NBC on Feb. 2, 2009).  For more information, please visit
the company's website at www.3alitydigital.com.



SOURCE  3ality Digital

Dave Curley of Sandy Hillman Communications for 3ality Digital,
+1-410-616-8951, dcurley@hillmanpr.com
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