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  • Virgin Media lodges Project Canvas reservations

    Virgin Media lodges Project Canvas reservations

    Official complaint wings its way to Ofcom 3 August 2010 12:26 GMT

    Virgin Media has lodged an official complaint to Ofcom over Project Canvas. The service provider claims that the proposed video-on-demand platform is anti-competitive.

    The new venture, which sees the BBC partner with rival broadcasters such...

  • Channel Five leaves Project Canvas. Home Cinema, Project Canvas, Channel Five, Five, BBC Trust 0

    Channel Five leaves Project Canvas

    The first signs of trouble in the Garden of Eden? 9 July 2010 17:09 GMT

    Channel Five, one of the seven partners in Project Canvas, has left the venture "pending a review of its digital investment strategy".

    The TV broadcaster, which has been put up for sale by its owner, RTL, is thought to have struggled to find its...

  • Newspapers protest BBC iPhone news apps

    Newspapers protest BBC iPhone news apps

    Outcry over Beeb "muscling in" and "trampling" all over the market 18 February 2010 15:46 GMT

    A trade group representing the newspaper industry is kicking up over the news that the BBC is to expand its iPhone app offerings to include a dedicated BBC News application for Apple's mobile platform.

    The Newspaper Publishers Association,...

  • BBC Trust approves Project Canvas...

    BBC Trust approves Project Canvas...

    ...provisionally 22 December 2009 16:10 GMT

    Although its final decision is not due until spring 2010, the BBC Trust has given its provisional approval to the BBC's involvement in Project Canvas, published in a lengthy document available for the public to view.

    The Trust has decided...

  • BBC Trust responds to Digital Britain report

    BBC Trust responds to Digital Britain report

    Both "problems to be addressed and opportunities to be grasped" 17 June 2009 10:50 GMT

    The BBC Trust has issued its response to the Digital Britain report, with the Trust's chairman, Sir Michael Lyons, stating there are both "problems to be addressed and opportunities to be grasped".

    In its role as the "guardian" of the licence...

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