In its latest technology strategy, updated last month, the BBC said it would not be investing in 3D programming just yet, as current standards for stereoscopic 3D could fail to take off.

Last week, Jeffrey Katzenberg was 3D’s bad cop, beating up Warner Bros. over its conversion of “Clash of the Titans,” and warning studios to take the high road or face dire consequences.

Though 3D movies have been around for a while, the experience of visiting a cinema to catch the latest blockbuster is dampened by unwieldy glasses and the limitation of only one fixed perspective ...