Jeffrey Katzenberg touts 3-D

September 14, 2008 When the audience experiences this and sees how exceptional it is, and the filmmakers understand how much greater an experience they can offer their audience and they can have as a filmmaking tool, I think 2-D films are going to be a thing of the past. DreamWorks Animation CEO and 3-D champion Jeffrey Katzenberg made this prediction Sunday evening during an event that was introduced as a historic step in broadcasting. In the first live transatlantic telecast in high-definition digital 3-D, Katzenberg spoke from the DreamWorks Animation campus in Glendale to an estimated 1,000 delegates -- all wearing 3-D glasses -- at the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam.

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