Will Wright conquered the video game world with titles such 
as “Sim City” and “The Sims”. Now he’s looking to take on television.
Wright, who left Electronic Arts last year to dedicate his attentions to his Stupid Fun Club, has begun shooting a pilot episode for a new program for Current TV. The details haven’t been released, but there’s ample speculation this could be “The Creation Project,” which relies on user-created stories from episode to episode.
Technology is keeping Hollywood on its toes: Just 
when studios have gotten used to Netflix reinventing the homevideo biz and are flirting with becoming a major player in the pay-TV biz, it’s time for networks to face a very near future when Apple’s iPad and rival tablet computers steal more eyes away from TV sets.
Verizon is about to offer up the latest carrot for consumers, with the telco giant announcing plans Wednesday for an upcoming app that will let its FiOS TV customers stream television and on-demand programming to the iPad.
Verizon has big plans for the tablet marketplace – 
maybe bigger than they’re willing to talk about right now.
The telecom giant held a press conference Wednesday showing off an app that would stream live television and on-demand programming to the iPad for FiOS customers. The application, which also allows customers to see which shows are most popular with viewers in real-time, is expected to be available next year.
Panasonic has been one of the biggest (and loudest) 
supporters of the 3D TV market. Now it’s ratcheting things up a bit more.
The company has introduced another pair of 3D sets – the first by Panny to offer 2D to 3D conversion, which substantially increases the library of content. (It also brings the company in parallel with Sony and Samsung, which offer the technology.)
When it comes to electronics, as Japan goes, so goes the 
rest of the world.
Well, sometimes, at least.
The Nikkei, Japan’s largest business paper, took a look at the state of 3D TV in that country – and the information it gathered could be indicative of trends that are on the way to other territories.
Sezmi, a new TV service that has been competing with cable 
and satellite providers in the greater Los Angeles area since February is ready to expand its reach.
The company today announced it has now expanded to 36 U.S. markets, including Atlanta, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington D.C. Customers willing to spend $299 upfront for hardware can receive over-the-air TV stations (their high-def main channels, plus their digital subchannels), Web video, on-demand content as well as 15 basic cable channels for just $19.99 per month. (Customers who just want local channels and Web content can pay $4.99 per month.)
While 3D TV is getting the lion’s share of the media spotlight these days, consumers are showing considerably more interest in Internet-enabled sets, according to new research from iSuppli.
Global shipments of IETVs (TVs with built-in Internet capability) will hit 27.7 million this year, says analyst Riddhi Patel. That’s nearly seven times the number of 3D sets expected to ship – and a 125 percent increase over the 2009 numbers.
The BBC has seen a lot of buzz surrounding this season’s
“Doctor Who,” with the recasting of the titular role as well as the show’s omnipresent companion. Now it’s hoping that excitement will carry over into the gaming world.
The broadcaster has released the first two chapters of an episodic game based on the series (and featuring voice work by Matt Smith and Karen Gillan) to the U.S. and other territories. (U.K. gamers got their hands on it last month.)
Avi Arad wants to bring Pac-Man back 
to television — and he wants to do it in 3D.
Arad, former CEO of Marvel Studios and now executive adviser for Namco Bandai, showed a three-minute teaser of his vision for the new Pac-Man at an E3 event celebrating the pellet chomper’s 30th birthday.
Pac-Man, that pellet-eating, ghost-avoiding icon of the video game industry is ready for his close-up – again.
Namco Bandai announced late Tuesday that it was working on a new television program featuring its most popular character – one that would air in stereoscopic 3D. It’s the brainchild of Avi Arad, former CEO of Marvel Studios and current executive advisor for Namco Bandai, who showed a three-minute clip from the show at an event celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man.
Chris Morris: Journalist 