12 Facts About Project Canvas

Project Canvas was initially announced as a partnership between the BBC, BT and ITV plc, following the failure of Project Kangaroo, a proposed video-on-demand service offering content from BBC Worldwide, ITV.

The Project Canvas proposal was published by the BBC a few weeks after Kangaroo's cancellation.

Project Canvas differed from Kangaroo in that it was a proposed TV platform, rather than a video-on-demand service.

On 9 July 2010, Five announced that it would not pursue further involvement in Project Canvas, pending a review of its digital investment strategy.

On 16 December 2009, Project Canvas announced that Channel 4 and TalkTalk had signed up to the project.

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The mock-up of how the Beijing Olympic Games would look on Project Canvas allowed users to watch highlights instantly, send clips to friends, monitor what's being said on Twitter, access archives at the touch of a button, and use commercial third party applications and services.

On 22 March 2010, the Project Canvas partners submitted analysis to the Office of Fair Trading setting out why the proposed Canvas joint venture does not constitute a qualifying merger under the Enterprise Act 2002.

Project Canvas was formally approved by the BBC Trust in June 2010.

The Trust concluded that Project Canvas will deliver significant public value for licence fee payers, and that the Trust shall review the BBC's involvement in Canvas against the conditions of its approval, twelve months after launch of Canvas to consumers.

UK's Intellect Technology Association, said in a submission to the BBC Trust that Project Canvas risks isolating the UK as a "technological island" in a global market by trying to create a standard IPTV set-top box for just the UK.

On 18 August 2010, IP Vision formally complained to Ofcom, calling on the regulator to examine the impact Project Canvas would have on innovation, competition and consumer choice.

On 30 August 2010, Six TV, the largest holder of analogue television restricted service licences in the UK, announced that it would formally request a full Ofcom investigation of Project Canvas, warning that it could be a "poison pill" for regional broadcasters.