Breaking: BBC Trust: Give us more info, lots of it

**Breaking News**

As The Telegraph reported yesterday, the BBC Trust had today published its emerging conclusions. Under the timeline of the public consultation - which launched on 26 February - the Trust had until this coming Monday to make known their first thoughts on Project Canvas.

In summary: the Trust has recognised that the partners to Project Canvas - including the BBC, BT, and ITV - need to provide lots more information around all aspects of the proposed venture.  This will also mean the original timeline - where the BBC Trust was to make a final decision and announce it by 24 July - is no longer applicable.

From the announcement today:

“Consequently, the Trust does not now intend to publish a decision on the 24 July. We intend to delay the second consultation until after the Executive has returned with further detail in support of its application. This additional information and a revised timetable to complete our assessment will be shared with stakeholders in due course.”

The Trust is now requesting from the Executive information on areas including, but not limited to:

• The choice of technical standards for canvas
• The way in which the BBC will work with industry bodies
• Control of the electronic programme guide
• Governance arrangements for the joint venture
• The use of editorial controls

Find the documents here at the BBC Trust’s announcement page.
Also available is the summary analysis of public consultation document (PDF), and the 392 pages of public responses (PDF - 7mb)

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Update: 12 noon: The Project Canvas partners - BBC, BT, ITV - have issued a short response to the BBC Trust’s morning announcement . In that they sound upbeat that the Trust has found “widespread support” for home IPTV, and of the BBC coordinating & accelerating it.