BBC gets Project Canvas approval from Trust

The BBC's involvement in the free-to-air internet TV initiative, Project Canvas, has been given the final go-ahead by the BBC's independent regulator, the BBC Trust.

Project Canvas is a broadcast industry effort to create a platform for bringing free-to-air content to the UK's televisions through broadband-enabled set-top boxes.

Users will be able to access on-demand content directly through their television using a bespoke interface. As these boxes will be connected to the internet there is also the potential for users to access other online applications.

For more on this story, see Project Canvas: BBC allowed to stay and play on silicon.com.