Tag archive for ‘Canvas’
By admin On Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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Local TV Group Six TV Join Opponents Of Project Canvas

Project Canvas is coming The local TV group Six TV, will formally this week request an Ofcom investigation of the Project Canvas online venture, stating that its likley to be a “poison pill” for the regional More...

By admin On Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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MGt PayWizard Makes Play For Project Canvas Micropayments System

MGt, the specialist provider of payment and billing services, are launching a new product called PayWizard that is a specialist payment and billing agency to enable merchants and consumers to capitalise on the benefits More...

By admin On Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
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Orange Looking To Join Project Canvas

The Mobile phone company Orange is considering signing up to join BBC backed Project Canvas venture to bring VoD services to the Freeview and Freesat platforms. If Orange can strike a deal then it will secure the More...

By admin On Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
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Tabloid Newspaper Owner To Buy Channel Five And Return To Project Canvas?

Will they, or wont they join Canvas? After the shock removal of Channel Five from the BBC IPTV venture, Project Canvas. News comes in that Newspaper owner Richard Desmond will buy the tv channel from owners RTL More...

By admin On Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
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Project Canvas Chooses Kip Meek As Its Chairman

Project Canvas, the internet based digital television consortium formed by the BBC, ITV, BT, Channel 4, Talk Talk and Arqiva, has decided to appointed Kip Meek as its chairman. Meek, who at this moment is a board More...

By admin On Sunday, July 4th, 2010
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Project Canvas Could Launch By September And Target 7 Million Viewers

Project Canvas is coming After a quiet period, Project Canvas may be available to service providers as early as September and it is looking to target around 7 million viewers in the UK. The cutting edge internet More...

By admin On Sunday, April 25th, 2010
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Project Canvas Will Probably Be Scrapped Says 3view MD

Freeview set-top box supplier, 3view have along with Sky and Virgin, joined in the criticism of Project Canvas. 3view MD John Donovan has said that he is “concerned” about the potential market impact of IPTV More...

By admin On Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
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Director Of Project Canvas Predicts Internet TV Will Grow 70%

IPTV services will grow 70% by the year 2015 says The Director of Project Canvas and Internet TV shows at the BBC, Richard Halton. Speaking to the IPTV World Forum he was talking about the UK market in particular More...

By admin On Friday, March 19th, 2010
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Sky Chief Slaps Down Project Canvas Again

Whilst the Sky Player is expanding across multi-platforms, Sky are still criticising the BBC led Project Canvas. Chief operating officer of Sky, Mike Darcey has said in an interview with the Guardian that Project More...

By admin On Monday, March 8th, 2010
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Project Canvas Slammed By Virgin Media Boss

Project Canvas has been beset by problems since its inception, and now to add to them Virgin Media chief executive, Neil Berkett has slammed the BBC for its handling of Project Canvas. At the Cable Congress held More...