On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:34, Scot McSweeney-Roberts <bbc_backst...@mcsweeney-roberts.co.uk> wrote:
> I think that until we start seeing manufacturers piping up saying that > they're going to start supporting Canvas in devices I can pop down to > Tesco and buy it's too early to say that Canvas will dominate the > market. If it remains the sole preserve of BT Vision/Talk Talk TV > boxes then it is far, far away from dominating the market. At the > moment, Canvas seems to be the preserve of the terrestrial > broadcasters and a handful of ISPs. Given the specs haven't been finished yet, it's the preserve of precisely nobody _right now_. However, the positioning is very much of a "Freeview plus Internet" (rather than an IPTV proposition per se), which means it'll be pushed very very hard in the direction of those flogging Freeview/Freesat boxes today. The specs as they stand are not going to be an accident. The intent will be that existing box suppliers can bolt on Canvas capabilities with not a huge amount of effort, and thus, within a year or so of mainstream launch, traditional Freeview boxes will cease to exist. You don't plough the amount of money the BBC has loaned the partners into a venture like this without having a plan along these lines. Even BT, TalkTalk, and the broadcasters aren't _that_ daft. M. 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
