http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...line-on-demand
I read this article about the new Seesaw on demand service being done jointly with Channel 4 Chanel 5 and BBC. There’s plenty of viewing on the Seesaw web site
http://www.seesaw.com/
What I found interesting about the article though was “Project Canvas”
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http://www.projectcanvas.info/
“Project Canvas is a proposed partnership between the BBC, ITV, C4, Five, BT and Talk Talk to build an open internet-connected TV platform, subject to BBC Trust approval.
The partners intend to form a venture to promote the platform to consumers and the content, service and developer community.
Like the UK's current free-to-air brands Freeview and Freesat - a consumer brand (not canvas) will be created, and licensed to device manufacturers, and internet service providers owners who meet the specifications.
‘Canvas compliant’ devices (eg set-top boxes), built to a common technical standard, would provide seamless access to a range of third-party services through a common, simple, user experience.
These proposals are currently being assessed by the BBC's governing body the BBC Trust. Still in its development stages, there are three main elements to the project: setting the technical standard, building the technical platform, and creating the user experience.”
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Project Canvas approval by the BBC Trust, but this paragraph in the Guardian article caught my eye.
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But the big development expected in the next 18 months is the realisation of Project Canvas, a partnership between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, BT and Talk Talk to build "an open internet-connected TV platform" that would extend the options of video on-demand to Freeview and Freesat viewers. Canvas will effectively make on-demand viewing services such as SeeSaw available to anyone with a broadband connection and a next-generation Freeview or Freesat set top box. But it needs BBC Trust approval, is likely to face opposition from Sky and Virgin, and is not likely to launch before mid-2011.”
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Hard to imagine Sky and Virgin Media joining forces in opposition but I suppose stranger things have happened. I wonder if Project Canvas has been mentioned in the Sky buy out talks of VM'S CHANELS ??