Project Canvas News
YouView set to miss pre-Olympics launch
YouView will not be widely available before this summer's Olympic Games, outgoing BBC director general Mark Thompson has admitted. The free-to-air internet protocol TV service, which is backed by the BBC and the other...
Read moreYouView confirms expansion of set-top box trial
YouView has confirmed the expansion of its public beta trial to more than 2,000 homes. The internet protocol TV product, which is backed by major broadcasters and broadband providers such as BT, the BBC and TalkTalk, launched an...
Read moreYouView IPTV service delayed again?
YouView is thought to have been delayed again and may not be commercially available until the end of 2012. Citing a senior source, the Sunday Telegraph revealed that the internet protocol TV (IPTV) service has failed to impress...
Read moreYouView in final testing phase
YouView chief executive Richard Halton has revealed the forthcoming free-to-air broadband-connected TV platform is currently in the final user testing phase. Formerly known as Project Canvas, the service has been struck by a...
Read moreTalkTalk to include 10,000 customers in YouView trial
TalkTalk has unveiled plans to begin a trial of broadband-connected digital TV platform YouView early next year. At first, 3,000 of the internet service provider's (ISP's) employees will be offered compatible set-top...
Read moreIAB finds broadband TV opportunities interest 85% of advertisers
The vast majority of marketers are interested in the opportunities offered by broadband-connected TV, but few have developed a strategy, according to new research. Some 85 per cent of industry respondents to an Internet...
Read moreYouView EPG gives prominence to public service broadcasters
Broadband-connected TV platform YouView is planning to give public service broadcasters (PSBs) prominent positions in its electronic programme guide (EPG). In its draft user interface and search policy publication, the BBC, ITV,...
Read moreYouView broadband TV platform on track for early 2012 launch
Broadband-connected TV platform YouView has announced it is still on track to launch early next year. The BBC, ITV, BT, Channel 4, TalkTalk, Arqiva and Channel 5 joint venture was originally scheduled for commercial release in...
Read moreBroadband TV project YouView welcomes Google TV challenge
Broadband TV project YouView has said it is relishing competition from rival internet protocol television platform Google TV. YouView, which has the backing of major telecoms firms and broadcasters such as BT, the BBC and...
Read moreArqiva exec says slow broadband could hurt YouView
The UK's broadband speeds are a potential "choke point" for the success of internet protocol TV services, according to Arqiva's strategic development manager Russ Armstrong. Speaking at the Westminster eForum,...
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