In quite an extreme case of indecision, Terrestrial TV provider Five has now confirmed that it will be back on board for the forthcoming Project Canvas.
Back in July the fledgling TV channel announced that it was backing out of proceeding to take part in Project canvas due to “fundamental strategic rationale” behind the venture, but [...]
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Channel Five pulls out of Project Canvas
Five on Demand teams up with Facebook
Yes you heard that right, in what is sure to be a landmark pairing; UK terrestrial broadcaster channel Five has teamed up with Facebook to show its Demand Five service embedded in Facebook’s user interface.
This will mean that any of the UK’s 26 million Facebook users will be able to catch any of Fives broad [...]
Project Canvas – What is it, When can i get it and How?
In the past few months Project Canvas has been building up momentum and is looking set to be delivered to us early next year, but the one question most people are asking is…
What is Project Canvas?
Firstly, Project Canvas is a working title referring to an attempt to build an open, internet-connected television platform which will [...]
Virgin introduce Virgin Media Player!
Virgin Media is stepping into the ever expanding TV on demand service sector by announcing its own iPlayer style on demand service, simply called Virgin Media Player!
Yes, Virgin are joining the likes of the BBC (iPlayer), Channel 4 (4OD), ITV (ITV Player) and even Five (Demand Five) to offer up on demand television from the [...]
BBC News App for iPhone Launched with Blackberry and Android Versions Coming Soon
The BBC have released their new News app into the app store where it can be downloaded now for free.
The app contains all the news from the BBC News website and comes with some pretty nifty features such as the latest headlines rolling across the top of the screen and the option of live radio [...]
Channel Five pulls out of Project Canvas
Project Canvas is a joint venture which sees the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Talk Talk and Arqiva in partnership with the aim of providing a common platform to deliver TV content to people all over the UK via the internet and other IP streaming formats. However the partership has just been dealt a small [...]
BBC iPlayer gets a huge update with Facebook, Twitter and live Chat
The BBC iPlayer is set to have some big changes coming its way as at an official unveiling in London today the BBC announced a busload of new features for the internet TV service.
The New BBC iPlayer has been branded as “Simple, Personal, Connected” and the update will be focusing firmly on these three areas [...]
Project Canvas gets closer to web supplied TV
The latest innovation in the way we watch TV has just been given the go ahead by the Office of Fair Trading, the service currently named Project Canvas is a all in onc TV over broadband service that will enable IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) enabled players to access On Demand content at the push of [...]
BBC iPlayer coming to Bush, Goodman’s and Grundig Freesat boxes
Freesat continues its rollout of the BBC iPlayer on three more Freesat box brands as Bush, Goodman’s and Grundig announce a new upgrades.
The BBC iPlayer will be slowly released across the whole range of Freesat boxes over the coming months, with last month’s Humax boxes getting the first batch of updates, and as of last [...]
Freeview HD now Official and Channel 4 HD is onboard
Today the digital TV providers, Freeview, have announced that Freeview HD is officially “Official….” although it’s been available to some users for the past few months the service was announced today to kick start the subscription free HD revolution (for the UK anyway).
As the name states the Freeview HD service is a completely free service [...]
