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# BBC's Project Canvas could reach 3.5m homes by 2014
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## Project Canvas, the BBC, ITV, BT and Five backed proposal to deliver
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broadband-connected television to the living room, could reach 3.5 million
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homes by 2014, according to new analysis.
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By By Emma Barnett, Technology and Digital Media Correspondent 4:56PM GMT 28
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Oct 2009
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[Comments][1]
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The venture is waiting on approval from the BBC Trust, however anaylsts from
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Screen Digest believe that if the IPTV platfrom gets the green light, the
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BBC's promotional power could assure multi-million take up.
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Dan Cryan, senior analyst at Screen Digest, said: "The BBC's track record of
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building markets with Freeview and the iPlayer has been a well-documented
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success. There is every reason to think that if a Canvas-type proposition is
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approved, with the full promotional impetus of the BBC behind it, it will
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reach at least 3.5m homes by 2014."
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However, the proposal has recently been met with criticism from pay-TV
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operators BSkyB, which has written to the BBC Trust on two occasions in the
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last six months, to voice its disapproval about the Corporation's involvement
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in the proposal and the openness of the platform.
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Mr Cryan refers to Project Canvas's relationship with pay-TV operators in the
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report, saying: "Such a platform is both a threat and an opportunity to pay-TV
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operators. On the one hand giving them wider distribution potential for their
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content bouquets, and on the other hand giving content owners a potential
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route to bypass the operators and go direct to the consumer.
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"A Canvas-type proposition will offer an alternative, neutrally-branded
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distribution platform offering linear TV channels, video on demand and web-
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based applications. Ultimately, it will rival IPTV, cable and satellite and
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will be separate from the existing Freeview, Freesat and BT Vision offerings."
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Despite the report promoting the consumer value of such a proposal, it also
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identified several obstacles the project would have to counter, namely: how
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expensive the internet enabled set-top boxes would be, potential bandwidth
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restrictions, and competition from the launch of HD Freeview if the two go
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live at similar times.
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Channel 4 is the only major terrestrial broadcaster yet to join the venture. A
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spokesperson told The Telegraph in June of this year: "Channel 4 has a lot of
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financial restraints at the moment and especially in a challenging economic
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climate, all new investments have to be balanced against current commitments -
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but it is still potentially interested in becoming a Project Canvas partner
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and is evaluating it."
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