Access to the Internet via the TV offered the Air Force
December 23, 2009 – 12:14 am
Corporation BBC received permission for the project Canvas, which provides services to Internet access through the television network. It is assumed that the subscribers services Canvas, installed special set-top boxes will be about 200 pounds per year (about $322) use a conventional TV sets to access a specific list of sites, in particular such as the BBC iPlayer, NHS Direct and Amazon, Vedomosti reported .
BBC’s partners on this project were made by the television ITV, Channel 4, Five, as well as the largest British telecommunications operator BT and the world’s largest mobile retailer Carphone Warehouse.
The feasibility and legal aspects of this project analyzed the organization of BBC Trust, acted as a Management Board BBC. Last week she said she was ready to approve the project itself, and participation in the BBC. According to informed sources, this week the organization will make a formal statement to that effect. Launching the project in operation will be held, as scheduled earlier, in 2010
Meanwhile, BBC plans to raise sharp criticism from a number of market participants, such as a private television company British Sky Broadcasting. The company believes that the decision on the use of state television network to provide services for Internet access goes beyond the competence of the BBC Trust. It requires that the situation studied and other regulatory authorities of Great Britain. According to critics, the BBC involvement in the project may cause problems associated with the use of public resources to the markets of television and Internet access, and an example of unfair competition.
Representatives of the BBC Trust refused to officially comment on these arguments. But sources familiar with the position of the organization, says that BBC Trust may be willing to compromise. Perhaps she needed in the initial draft of some changes, but these corrections should not significantly affect the plans of BBC.
