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Five signs up to Canvas - C21Media - 0 views

www.c21media.net/...detail.asp 2009 2009-12 2009-12-04 Project Canvas IPTV United Kingdom
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Project Canvas unofficial wiki - 0 views

www.projectcanvas.co.uk 2009 2009-12 2009-12-04 Project Canvas IPTV United Kingdom
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  • Project Canvas wiki
  • unofficial
  • UK IPTV
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  • internet-connected television
  • Project Canvas is the current working name
  • combine broadcast content with broadband content
  • United Kingdom
  • a set of standards - including both technical and content standards - that once confirmed will be open to the industry
  • standards will be used to create the necessary hardware (such as set top boxes)
  • and programming content
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BBC's Project Canvas To Be Delayed Till 2011 - ITProPortal.com - 0 views

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  • BBC's Project Canvas To Be Delayed Till 2011
  • Desire Athow
  • 25 November, 2009
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  • stuck in the approval process
  • eagerness to get the approval
  • estimated cost of Project canvas is set at £6 million over a period of 5 years
  • criticised by Sky Networks
  • Huggers is looking for a Christmas launch of the service if the BBC trust approves the project early
  • Our Comments
  • Canvas could do for the internet what Freeview did to the FTA segment
  • Graham Perrin on 31 Dec 09
     
    Warning: incredibly annoying Flash and other advertisements in this area.
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BBC says Project Canvas could be delayed until 2011 - Telegraph - 0 views

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  • BBC says Project Canvas could be delayed until 2011
  • 25 Nov 2009
  • unless the BBC Trust makes a ruling on Project Canvas soon, the roll-out of the video on demand technology will be delayed
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  • could bring on-demand programming to Freeview and Freesat
  • unlikely to be rolled out until 2011
  • mired in a complicated approval process
  • delays in the consultation process
  • "My hope is that before the end of this year we will get interim conclusions from the BBC Trust. If we get those and they are pointing in the right direction – if they are positive – then I am fairly confident that it is possible to launch in 2010, although it will be towards the end of 2010. “If we do not get those, I’m afraid we will not be able to launch until 2011.”
  • £6 million over five years
  • to develop the technology needed
  • Sky has been vociferous in its criticism
  • cost of entry – an estimated £20 million – to become a partner
  • Project Canvas is expected to cost around £115 million over the first four years, including a marketing budget of just over £48 million
  • on sale by next Christmas
  • if the scheme is approved soon
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Canvas Timeline: Verdict Expected By Year's End | paidContent:UK - 0 views

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  • Canvas Timeline: Verdict Expected By Year’s End
  • The BBC Trust tells paidContent:UK
  • hopes to publish its provisional conclusion on Project Canvas
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  • Robert Andrews
  • Nov 25, 2009
  • That conclusion will then go out for still more industry consultation
  • potential to unify
  • disparate TV pull-VOD solutions
  • Sky and Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED), are skeptical
  • invited to place their content on the platform together and offered capabilities
  • Sky and Virgin opposition now carries with it a very real chance the trust could rule Canvas out
    • Graham Perrin
      Graham Perrin on 31 Dec 09
       
      I hope not!
  • the trust could take the bold view that harmonising all these services would be both beneficial and innovative
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Welcome to projectcanvas.info - BBC Internet Blog - 0 views

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  • Welcome to projectcanvas.info
  • 3 December 2009
  • Richard Halton
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BBC Trust gives provisional approval to Project Canvas - 0 views

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

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  • 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
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Homepage - projectcanvas.info - 0 views

www.projectcanvas.info 2009 2009-12 2009-12-04 Project Canvas IPTV United Kingdom
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  • Project Canvas
  • open internet-connected TV platform
  • not-for-profit
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  • promote the platform
  • Canvas compliant’ devices (eg set-top boxes)
  • common technical standard
  • common, simple, user experience
  • seamless access to a range of third-party services
  • three main elements to the project
  • setting the technical standard
  • building the technical platform
  • creating the user experience
  • DTG's work to establish a standard for "connected TV devices" will be published as an industry standard (DBook 7) in early 2010
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Tumbled Logic - Official Project Canvas Website - 0 views

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  • Official Project Canvas Website
  • not this. This
  • doesn’t have
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  • An explanation of why agreement to adhere to the technical standards isn’t sufficient to constitute a “platform” (i.e., if the BBC adheres to DBook7 and the CE manufacturers do the same, they should be able to talk to each other—assuming the specification is sane)—and by extension why the rather costly and controlling joint venture is required.
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Digital TV - News - Canvas to save bandwidth with local drives - Digital Spy - 0 views

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