Project Canvas news roundup - 14 Dec

All things Project Canvas from the last few weeks:

• 14 Dec: The BBC continues its  charm offensive with an article about Project Canvas with future media and technology controller Erik Huggers in The Indpendent here.
• 3 Dec: The Project Canvas partners have launched a dedicated site for the initiative: ProjectCanvas.info . The BBC Internet Blog post here (from Richard Halton, project director). There is also a Twitter account - @canvasinfo (albeit a bit light on currently).
• 2 Dec: Freesat is looking at using Project Canvas standards to deliver progressive HD on-demand downloads . TechRadar article here.
• 25 Nov: Erik Huggers, at The Media Festival, has warned that Canvas boxes might not go on sale until 2011 (instead of the original target of 2010) if approval from the BBC Trust does not come by the end of this year. The Telegraph article here.
• 25 Nov: A provisional conclusion on Project Canvas is still hope to be delivered before this year is out, the BBC Trust  has told Paid Content UK. Blog post here.
• 24 Nov: Sky, in its third submission to the BBC Trust, again criticised Project Canvas: specifically the BBC’s involvement; and that the relaxed condition of becoming a partner in the project - no longer is it only PSBs allowed - still does not practically allow any organisation to join up because of the high cost of partnership.  Guardian article here.  Sky’s submission document here (PDF - 85kb).
• 13 Nov: Sky & Virgin agree there is no need for Project Canvas - at the C21 Media conference. PaidContentUK post here.
• 11 Nov: Ben Bradshaw, culutre secretary, has been urged by the House of Lords communication committee to “strong arm” the Competition Commission into approving Project Canvas (so it does not suffer the same fate as Kangaroo) . Broadcast article here. Digital Spy article here.
• 10 Nov: Richard Waterworth has been promoted to the new ITV position of platform marketing, covering Project Canvas as well as itv.com. Marketing Week article here.