| n3D | |
| Launch Date: | July 1, 2010 |
| Closed Date: | June 25, 2012 |
| Picture Format: | 720p (3DTV) |
| Owner: | DirecTV |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Area: | Nationwide |
| Sister Channels: | Audience Network boosts Network Root Sports |
n3D was an American 3DTV channel that launched on July 1, 2010. It was sponsored by Panasonic and available exclusively on DirecTV. It was the world's first 24-hour 3DTV channel. Operations ended in 2013.[1]
Programming that aired includes TNT's broadcast of NASCAR's 2010 Coke Zero 400 on July 3; the local telecasts of the New York Yankees-Seattle Mariners series on July 10–11; and the 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (in conjunction with Fox).[2] Other shows include Guitar Center Sessions with artists Peter Gabriel and Jane's Addiction, plus such documentary fare as , and N Wave Picture's S.O.S Planet, , Encounter in the Third Dimension.[3]
Other new programming includes the new season of the History Channels series The Universe[4] and the 2010 US Open Tennis Tournament.[5] The channel will also show previously aired ESPN 3D events. On Christmas 2010 the channel aired The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010.[6]
On February 4, 2011, n3D premiered Formula Drift's "Round 7: Title Fight Event".[7] On February 5, 2011, n3D aired the Fifth Annual Celebrity Beach Bowl.[8] Since February 26, 2011, the channel has aired the new season of GSN's High Stakes Poker.[9] Starting March 26, 2011 n3D aired Treasure Houses of Britain, in conjunction with WNET.[10] A new show about surfing titled Gone Until December debuted in summer 2011.[11]