Brits not latching onto 3D TV

There have been rumours regarding Toshiba's new glasses-free auto-stereoscopic 3D televisions and whether not having to sport cumbersome spectacles would help consumers sidestep the technology's exorbitant retail pricing, says The Tech Herald.

Evidently, for the majority of UK-based consumer electronics punters, pocket-stinging prices ranging from £2 000 to upwards of £4 000 are still the main bone of contention when it comes to the household appeal of 3D television sets - ridiculous glasses or otherwise.

That's according to a new study conducted by YouGov for Deloitte, which polled 4 199 Brits as to their opinions regarding 3D technology and found that only 89 respondents (just over 2%) said they were likely to purchase a 3D-enabled television over the next 12 months.

Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System has agreed to acquire Chilean broadcast network Chilevision for about $150 million, MediaPost reports.

It is owned by Chile's president Sebastian Pinera, who promised to sell his business interests - including an airline and more - before he assumed the presidency in March this year.

The channel is known for celebrity shows, news and telenovelas.

Cambodia has adopted South Korean technology as its domestic standard for broadcasting covering the spectrum from television to mobile phones, according to minister of information Khieu Kanharith, reveals Phnom Penh Post.

Terrestrial-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting was agreed on as Cambodia's standard in an agreement signed by the Khieu Kanharith and Korea Communications Commission vice-chairperson Lee Kyung-ja in Phnom Penh last week.

“We adopted [it] as a platform for mobile television,” the minister wrote on Wednesday. “The ministry of information will be monitoring this technology.”