Depends on the extent of Multicasting Canvas providers will use. Install a few servers remotely and the difficulties reduce sugnificantly. Bearing in mind that BT and Talk Talk are in the project, I suspect remote servers will be spread widely across the UK.
Doubt that very much as, SKY already has this service in operation and makes you pay, you can watch sky live view Xbox and computer, (without a box) so there already got there finger in the pie.
VOD is an area that Sky have always been behind in as satellite can't do VOD. This is the reason why they've bought up ISPs and started offering broadband.
The company who have the most to lose is Virgin Media. They provide exactly what Canvas is offering and it's the main selling point of their TV service
Well until another company decides to invest in a new satellite delivery system in this country, and they get competition then we can see how OFCOM and the OFT treat Sky.
Another satellite service won't happen. Freesat is the nearest we'll get.
Millions of dishes point towards 28.2 east so operating via a new satellite wouldn't be an option unless there's a fantastically good proposition to get everyone to buy new equipment. Operating a new service at 28.2e is all very well but again unless they've got some fantastic content they'd have to persuade the likes of Discovery, MTV etc to join. Freesat have this but has the selling point that it's all free to air.
For a broadcaster there's a very good and popular delivery system in operation that is open and provides everything they could want - Sky. So why would anyone invest in a non Sky satellite system?
As you say it won't happen, but the only way I can see a rival company set up is as an add-on to Freesat with channels signing up having their own satellite space, rather than it being provided by the operator themselves.
Apparantly some reports that the commercial name of the service might be 'YouView' today.
That's a rubbish name. I would have thought Youtube had copyright on that name.
Yes, they own YouView, YouGov, UTV, You Fool, You Magazine, You TV, YouHoo! (joint venture with Yahoo!) and the TV show Have I got News for You.
They also charge a royalty when you high-five a pal and say, "You da man".
Oh you know what I mean. Youtube is a video on demand website just like Canvas will be (differentiated by user generated content). Essentially the same idea with similar names.
Video-on-demand joint venture expected to go live next year, but could face further challenges from rivals.
The BBC Trust has approved the launch of Project Canvas, the BBC-backed venture to bring video-on-demand to Freeview and Freesat, subject to a number of conditions including an investment cap for the corporation.