Press and Public React to New CatholicTV 3-D Programming

Since the March 23^rd launch of new 3-D programming by CatholicTV, there has been a tremendous amount of attention and reaction by the public and the news media. Articles have appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, and even in India, Russia, and other foreign lands.

On March 23^rd, CatholicTV announced that it would offer selected 3-D programming to viewers at CatholicTV.com. At the same time, CatholicTV announced that the April edition of its monthly magazine would also be in 3-D and would include a free pair of 3-D eyeglasses inside.

According to an article by the Associated Press, “Stephen Prothero, a religion professor at Boston University, applauded CatholicTV for taking a risk with technology to attract a broader, younger, audience.”

Jeff Grimshaw, creator and host of “The TV News”, a daily newscast about the television industry, said that CatholicTV is “Dedicated to serving Pope Benedict’s call to utilize the power of T.V. and new media [and] will be producing a slate of 3-D programs all driven by the glory that is both 3-D and Jesus Christ”

Elias F. Crim, a reader of the National Catholic Register commented “it’s so cool!”

As expected, not all response has been positive. Many news websites allow readers to comment and some see the open forum for commenting as an opportunity to voice their views about the Catholic Church in both positive and negative ways rather than commenting on the 3-D launch itself.

Matthew Warner of the National Catholic Register wrote “This is just one more great example of Catholics truly using the visual web to its potential. And it is an innovative way to make video more interesting and to better explore the visual beauty of our Catholic faith.”

Below are links to the CatholicTV 3-D programming as well as to its 3-D magazine.

Link to newly-available CatholicTV programming in 3-D: www.3DCatholicTV.com

Link to the 3-D magazine: http://www.CatholicTV.com/magazine/magazine.aspx?magazineID=34221

Link to use to get a free copy of the magazine: http://www.CatholicTV.com/catholic-magazine.aspx

CatholicTV Will Announce Newest Media “Innovation” on March 23rd

On March 23^rd, on its signature, live talk show “This is the Day”, CatholicTV will announce its latest media innovation. CatholicTV is not releasing details to the public beforehand.

In 2009, CatholicTV announced several innovations including two of the firsts of their kind; a Catholic television “app” for the iPhone, and the CatholicTV widget which is essentially a “miniature T.V. set” for any website. The widget, which is called CatholicTVjr allows website visitors to watch full-length programs which are on CatholicTV.

Since CatholicTV is a non-profit corporation concerned with spreading the Gospel, CatholicTV offers both the iPhone app and the widget to the public free of charge. CatholicTV also does not charge fees to watch its live online stream or any of its programs at CatholicTV.com

Director of the CatholicTV Network, Fr. Robert Reed came up with the latest innovation for CatholicTV, which he plans to discuss on This is the Day on March 23^rd. CatholicTV began airing promotional videos for the new innovation on March 8^th.

More information about the CatholicTV iPhone app can be found at www.CarryYourFaith.com

More information about the CatholicTV widget “CatholicTVjr” can be found at www.CatholicTVjr.com

Once the announcement is made, information about the new innovation will be available at www.CatholicTV.com