joint venture partnership

proposals

internet protocol television (IPTV)

to help stakeholders. The Trust is today publishing

the Executive’s response

the Trust's timetable

IPTV to the home

widespread support

coordinate and accelerate

to help stakeholders

the Trust is today publishing additional information from the BBC Executive on the following areas:

choice of technical standards

way in which the BBC would work with industry bodies

Control

Electronic Programme Guide

Governance

editorial controls

Supporting documents

the BBC has set out plans to work closely with industry

Digital Television Group

Timetable

1 September 2009 Final date for submission of additional stakeholder comments Autumn 2009 Publication of Trust's provisional conclusions followed by a four week period of public consultation As soon as possible following the end of the consultation on provisional conclusions. Publication of a final decision by the Trust

proposals to form a joint venture partnership

internet protocol television

information was needed from the BBC Executive

we have asked the Executive to look at the issues

The Trust has now completed a seven week consultation

over 800 submissions

meeting with over 60 stakeholders

widespread support for the delivery of IPTV into the home via broadband

publish all the consultation responses it has received

without offering comment at this stage of the process on any of the responses

technical standards for canvas

work with industry bodies

electronic programme guide

joint venture

editorial controls

The Trust will now delay its second consultation

will publish its revised timetable as soon as possible

consultation responses can be found at: www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/consult/closed_consultations/canvas_resp.html

26 February 2009

The proposal, also known as Project Canvas

on-demand services

via television sets

Trust publishes final decision

as early as 2010

some of the UK's biggest channels

on-demand content through their television via a special set top box

between £100-£200

described as Freeview Mark 2

potentially the holy grail

future

public service broadcasting

in addition to existing on-demand efforts such as BBC iPlayer and 4oD

no extra subscription

a platform, or a standard, allowing other broadcasters to jump on board

partnership

innovate for the benefit of everyone

Critics say that the BBC should not be channelling licence fee funds

plans to upgrade the UK's broadband infrastructure

getting Sky involved in funding

Sky is likely to object

TV suffers from basically just blasting advertising across all the channels

not targeted

a television schedule individually tailored to every single viewer

24 July 2009

free to anyone who wants to use it

objecting CE makers have not offered up any of their technology as an open and free standard

ISBA told the BBC Trust that it supports Project Canvas "subject to caveats

Without Project Canvas the UK's creative video producers will be subject to foreign organizations

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acting on the public's behalf

play content from multiple producers on a device or player

Internet videos on their current TV sets