Capital nets football first with 3D game

EDINBURGH has been chosen as one of only five cities across the world to show the first live 3D television sports broadcast.

Football fans will be able to watch Sunday's Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester United through special viewing glasses.

Sky has refused to reveal where the game will be shown – for fear of a major influx of customers – but Edinburgh will be the only place in Scotland with the facility.

Other pubs in London, Manchester, Cardiff and Dublin will also show the game, with nine venues in total taking part in the world first, ahead of Sky's dedicated 3D channel launching in April.

Darren Long, Sky Sports' director of operations, said: "When we moved from black and white to colour, it was one of those amazing things that people would go and rush to see. Now, what we're doing with 3D is we're bringing that depth that you've never had traditionally. It's really a case of seeing is believing."

Sky promises to broadcast a weekly 3D Premier League game to hundreds more pubs this spring.

On Sunday, it will transmit two live feeds – one to its traditional Sky Sports customers and another one in 3D.