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BBC Trust approve Beeb involvement in Canvas
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 23 December 2009
The BBC Trust has given the OK for the Corporation to participate in the much previously reported Project Canvas venture, which aims to establish a standard for the way British broadcasters provide TV-over-IP, on-demand telly services received through special compliant set top boxes.
The Beeb was an early supporter of the venture, which now also involves ITV, Channel 4, Five, TalkTalk and BT, but their actual involvement in a commercial venture of this kind needed the approval of their main regulator, the BBC Trust.
The Trust gave that approval yesterday, albeit with some conditions to “help secure the public value” of the BBC’s involvement in the project.
