Morning! It’s hard to believe we’re this close to the end of the working week already, but here we are. Don’t worry though, as a new batch of breaking tech news is about to come rolling on through: find out what you missed while you were kipping in the meantime here in your techie breakie round up.
Tagged ‘Project Canvas’
The Project Canvas YouView box was announced this morning with some scant details about its functionality, but now news has emerged that YouView will not have a web browser, according to the newly appointed CEO of YouView Richard Halton. He said: “The question that often gets asked is, ‘Will this thing have a browser?’… if, in time, the British public decides that’s what it wants, we will be able to do it. But, for now, we’ve essentially built a TV experience.”
[via PaidContentUK]
It’s been quite a hectic morning in technology. Don’t believe us? See what you missed then here in our lunchtime lowdown roundup!
YouView is the final name for the much-talked about Project Canvas, the Internet-enabled set-top box that’ll combine digital TV with free on demand services and interactive smarts. Read on to find out why YouView is set to irritate Sky and give Google TV a run for its money…
Project Canvas, the on demand TV standard backed by the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Five, BT and Talk Talk amongst others, won’t be challenged by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The common approach to on demand telly will mean services like 4OD, ITV Player and BBC iPlayer as well as web apps will be piped right into your living room…
Only a few sweet hours to go before the weekend kicks off, but let’s start the celebrations right now instead. We’ve got word of everything from online video to Guitar Hero, so get the lowdown on it all right here, right now!
TV channel Five is joining Project Canvas, the BBC’s master-plan to bring on-demand internet TV to sitting rooms and tellies across the land, leaving just Channel 4 as the only terrestrial broadcaster left out in the cold.