BBC's Project Canvas To Be Delayed Till 2011

Virgin Media has filed an official complaint with telecom regulator Ofcom, urging it to put a stop to the BBC led IPTV initiative, Project Canvas.BBC News reports that the company has stated that the project could seriously...

Sky TV service, which is run by British Sky Broadcasting (BskyB), has opinionated that BBC Trust's 'inherent tension' regarding the 'Project Canvas' digital alliance has lead it to ignore the competition concerns related to the...

Channel 4 and Talktalk have confirmed that they will be investing more than £16 million each in the IPTV venture known as Project Canvas and will become the fifth and sixth partners enlisted by the BBC. The corporation,...

Both ITV iPlayer and BBC's popular iPlayer video on demand services will be available on the rapidly growing Freesat Free to air satellite service over the next few months.The managing director of Freesat, Emma Scott, has...

In a decision that is likely to deject many broadcasters who were keen to tap into BBC’s iPlayer platform, the BBC Trust has apparently rejected a proposal from BBC to create an Open iPlayer federation which would have...

BSkyB has lambasted the BBC for using taxpayer’s money to invest into Project Canvas, a proposed joint venture involving some media heavyweights, such as the BBC, BT, ITV, and Five aimed at distributing content...

Erik Huggers, Director of Future Media & Technology at the BBC, told an audience at the IBC Conference in Amsterdam that the Beeb will be opening iPlayer to third parties.Huggers confirmed plans to push th concept of...

In an extraordinary revelation, the BBC has claimed that Sony PS3 has become the second most popular platform for viewing shows through its signature iPlayer video on demand service. The broadcaster said that Sony PS3 has...

Channel Five has become the first broadcaster to join Project Canvas, a joint venture from the network operator BT, the BBC and ITV to offer television to broadband connected set top boxes to the living room.The UK broadcaster...

The BBC has issued further details of its ambitious broadband TV venture Project Canvas, following an assertion by the BBC Trust that it would not go ahead with approval procedure without providing more details on the project.The...

The BBC is set to lose its exclusivity on the licence fee for the first time in the 87 years since the funding scheme started as the government scrambles to find ways to help under-pressure broadcasting rivals. This comes amidst...

A report published by telecommunications watchdog Ofcom is the clearest indication yet that UK could be heading towards a UK broadband sector devoid of the notion of net-neutrality. The fourth edition of the technology research...

The BBC and Ofcom are on collision course over Canvas, the open industry standard television over IP project that the Beeb is planning to launch with ITV and BT. As reported last week, Canvas, which some have called the...

Media watchdog Ofcom has warned that Project Canvas, the online TV joint venture between media heavyweights BBC, ITV and BT, could face a competition investigation.  In its submission to the BBC Trust, the regulator...

Sprucing up its offerings for its iPlayer services, BBC announced that it will be adding new high definition (HD) channel to its renowned on-demand video streaming service sometime around next month. Though there has been no...