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Graham Perrin

Five signs up to Canvas - C21Media - 0 views

Graham Perrin

BBC News - Project Canvas given green light by BBC Trust - 1 views

  • 22 December 2009
  • Project Canvas given green light by BBC Trust
  • on-demand TV services such as iPlayer and ITVplayer
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  • Set-top boxes, expected to cost around £200
  • available next year
  • The Trust has imposed the following conditions
  • core technical specification must be published well in advance
  • accessible without a subscription
  • Project Kangaroo, was stopped
  • The success of Project Canvas could be jeopardised by the increasing number of internet-ready TVs
  • 20% of flat-screen TVs shipped in Europe next year will have internet connectivity
Graham Perrin

BBC Trust gives provisional approval to Project Canvas - 0 views

  • BBC Trust gives provisional approval to Project Canvas
  • 22 December 2009
  • public value of the proposal
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  • There will now be a period of consultation on the provisional conclusions closing on 2 February 2010
  • likely to benefit licence fee payers
  • conditions on the BBC's involvement
  • secure the public value
  • Trust's Public Value Assessment (PVA)
  • high public value
  • new dimension to digital terrestrial TV
  • increase in the range of content and services
  • simple and consistent look and feel
  • high-quality
  • new range of low-cost services
  • open joint venture and engagement with industry
  • features currently unavailable
  • common technical standard
  • Trust's Market Impact Assessment (MIA)
  • core technical specification must be published well in advance
  • Free-to-air – it must always to be possible to access the Canvas platform without a subscription
  • Accessibility and usability
  • Next steps The Trust will now consult with members of the public and industry stakeholders on its provisional conclusions and then seek to publish its final conclusions as soon as possible after this.
  • Spring 2010 Trust publishes final decision
  • partners proposed to enter into the Canvas joint venture with the BBC are ITV, BT, Five, C4 and Talk Talk
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