1 Feb 2010

Football fans watch Premier League in 3D

12:14 pm on 1 February 2010

British football fans and pub-goers have become the first public audiences to witness a live sports event broadcast in 3-D, when watching Manchester United beat Arsenal 3-1 in the English Premier League.

Nine pubs across Britain were equipped to screen the first 3-D transmission by Sky Sports via regular satellite decoder boxes.

Sky's technology team has been developing 3-D systems for two years and sought help from "Avatar" director James Cameron.

25 matches at the upcoming football World Cup in June will also be filmed in 3D.