Posted Sep. 29, 2012 at 9:57 a.m.

Premium Lock Who's watching? So far, 3-D TV is no hit with viewers

Published: 2012-09-29 09:57:16
Updated: 2012-09-29 09:57:16

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Few are watching 3-D-TV In this Wednesday, June 27, 2012 photo, an unidentified 3-D TV operator checks camera settings for a 3-D production for ESPN 3-D Network at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Only 2 percent of TVs in American homes were able to show 3-D last year, according to IHS Screen Digest. That's about 6.9 million sets out of 331 million installed. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Image 1 of 3 · Next Image…

Fewer than 115,000 American homes are tuned into 3-D channels at any one time. That's less than a hundredth of the 20.2 million-strong audience that saw television's highest-rated show, "NCIS," this week. 3-D viewership is so tiny that The Nielsen Co.'s methods are unable to capture any meaningful data about viewers' programming preferences....

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