(9 July 2012 12:53 pm)

MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC is pushing 3D in a bigger way. This summer, BBC One's ' 'Planet Dinosaur' and 'Last Night of the Proms' will be broadcast for the first time in 3D on the BBC's HD Channel. These two events join select coverage of Wimbledon and the Olympics in a Summer of 3D, part of the BBC's two-year trial experimenting with 3D production and distribution.

Planet Dinosaur 3D, scheduled to broadcast in August 2012 and adapted from the BBC One series, will recreate the lost world of the dinosaurs in a stereoscopic production. 'Planet Dinosaur 3D' will take viewers on a journey into a lost world: from the iconic Spinosaurus, the largest predator ever to walk the Earth, to Microraptor and the advent of flying dinosaurs in China, this programme charts the rise and fall of the 'ultimate killers'.

The UK pubcaster adds that this is one of the most ambitious animated programmes ever attempted for broadcast TV in 3D. Viewers will experience the work of a specialist team of stereographers who have hand-crafted individual frames and sequences to ensure that the 3D experience has maximum impact, while leaving the audience fully engaged in the factual story.

Later on 8 September 2012, the BBC will also broadcast the 'Last Night of the Proms' - the traditional finale to two months of the finest music-making at the Royal Albert Hall - in 3D for the first time. Eight specialist cameras will give audiences at home the best seats in the house and provide an immersive experience. With key camera positions in front of the conductor, and a remote camera within the orchestra that rotates to 180 degrees and can pan and tilt, audiences will feel that they are actually in the orchestra, with a 3D view of every individual instrument.