I thought I’d posted this to the list, but I actually didn’t :) Anyway, for anybody interested, and wanting to brush up on the finer points of Project Canvas—besides the blog post Nick linked to—you may all enjoy the following…
The BBC docs live at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/news/press_releases/july/canvas_supporting.shtml It’s actually worth reading it all if you have an interest, but section 2 (“EPG and enabling access for content and service providers”) gets into the meat of it, and basically lays out the proposition for it being a twist on a walled garden (rather than specs putting the consumer in control and providing easy mechanisms for them to subscribe to services): http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/consult/canvas_additional/section2.pdf Of particular amusement is “Competition law and state aid analysis”—be sure to read this one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/consult/canvas_additional/competition.pdf Some further background can be found on the Unofficial Project Canvas site: http://www.projectcanvas.co.uk/ There’s also a rather scathing write-up of the DTG Project Canvas kick-off meeting: http://informitv.com/news/2009/09/25/canvaskicksoff/# (it mostly appears to be scathing because the industry response was equally so, in fairness to it) Canvas has also announced a “position of alignment” with the HbbTV initiative: http://www.iptv-news.com/iptv_news/october_09/project_canvas_cooperating_with_hbbtv_initiative And frankly, looking at the website: http://www.hbbtv.org/ …it doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence, especially as it doesn’t appear to have publicly released ANYTHING yet except a list of participants. Relatedly, and I’m not sure where Canvas fits in with this (if at all), there’s the “Open IPTV Forum”, which today released its own set of horrifically overarching specs: http://www.oipf.org/ I can’t help but think that the broadcast industry attempting to shape the Internet in its own image—which much of this seems to be—isn’t exactly doing it many favours. M. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
