Channel 5 quits project canvas

The BBC led IPTV service Project Canvas has been re-branded as YouView.YouView is slated to be launched in the first half of 2011.The service will be based on the successful Freeview set-top-box service model and will allow users...

Project Canvas may have be described by its backers as an open internet-connected TV platform, it looks very likely that it will end up competing, to some extent with two formidable adversaries, Apple and Google, both of whom are...

The BBC led IP TV platform Project Canvas has received the support of the electronics industry.Around 40 manufacturers have shown interest in Project Canvas, and have said that they are willing to support it in any way they...

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...

UK cable broadband and TV provider Virgin Media has made a formal complaint to Ofcom, urging the communications watchdog to investigate Project Canvas. In a 74-page document submitted to Ofcom yesterday, Virgin argues that the...

Orange is reportedly considering joining the BBC-led IPTV platform Project Canvas, following the departure from the joint ventureof Channel 5, the Guardian has has reported.Project Canvas, which recently received the approval of...

Controversial video on demand platform Project Canvas has suffered a setback as Channel Five pulled out of Project Canvas after saying that it no longer considers the BBC-backed project as a "priority investment".Widely expected...

BBC-led online TV platform Project Canvas has released details of the digital rights management (DRM) content protection software it plans to use.The IPTV platform, which has recently been given the go-ahead from the...

UK telecom firm Talk Talk has hired the BBC's former controller of TV platforms, Rahul Chakkara, as its new director of online, The Guardian has reported.Rahul, who left the BBC on 30 June, had contributed to the development of...

BBC-led Project Canvas will not be released in 2010 as originally thought.Speaking at Intel's Shaping the Future of TV conference in London, the chief technology office of Project Canvas Anthony Rose has said that that the IPTV...

Two US Congressmen have launched a privacy inquiry into a recent change to Apple's user terms of service, which require users to agree to the company sharing information about their location.Micro-blogging giant Twitter has...

Project Canvas has been given the green light by the BBC Trust after extensive consultation, the BBC has announced.Canvas is a partnership between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, BT and TalkTalk to develop a common internet TV...

The Office of Fair Trading has given its approval to Project Canvas, the name given to the ambitious joint venture from some of the biggest names in telecommunications and media which aims at building an "open internet-connected...

BBC led Project Canvas, an upcoming video on-demand service for Freeview channels, has announced that companies wishing to acquire a stake in Canvas have until 23rd April to 'show at least an expression of interest in taking a...

Figures revealed by the BBC regarding its iPlayer service show that the popular video on demand service has shattered all previous records when it comes to TV programme requests. A staggering 1.4 million users on average tuned in...