The broadcast, a performance by the band Keane, was part of a 3D music event co-produced by Sky, specialist 3D production company Nineteen Fifteen Productions and Island Records, to coincide with Keane's performance at London's Abbey Road studios.
The three-screen 3D event involved Sky broadcasting a simulcast of the gig and displaying the event on a 46-inch high-definition 3D TV screen. It also comprised a 3D webcast using anaglyph (red/green) glasses, as well as a live test broadcast via a satellite downlink to a Vue cinema kitted out with 3D equipment.
Sky said last night's broadcast did not mark the launch of a 3D TV product, but was "another stage in Sky's ongoing research and development into the technical possibilities and potential demand for 3DTV in the UK".
The broadcaster added that it was working with TV manufacturers, broadcasters, studios and other content owners to establish the potential for commercial 3D TV services.
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