Sky unhappy with five week Canvas consultation

Sky has written to the BBC Trust to complain about the five week consultation period for Project Canvas.

Canvas – the BBC led project which is aiming to bring a set of regulations and branding to the UK for IPTV – could act as a whole new platform for broadcasters.

This obviously puts it in competition with the likes of cable operator Virgin Media and satellite broadcaster BSkyB – who are not happy.

Sky snorts, boos

The crux of the complaint is that the five week consultation is not long enough, with Sky saying that the process “will only serve to undermine further industry confidence in its ability and inclination to act as a genuinely independent regulator of the BBC”.

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This Week in Crave: Apple v. Palm, Round 2

(Credit: CNET/Screenshot by Bonnie Cha)

Another week comes to a close, and surely you missed some stuff. Here’s a sample of some of our favorite things from Crave from the last five days.

• Palm throws down with Apple. After last week’s iTunes update cut off the Pre’s ability to sync with the service, Palm came back with its own software update restoring iTunes access. Apple, your move.

• The Plastic Logic e-reader will come equipped with AT&T 3G service built in.

• Scientists build artificial rat’s brain, look to replicate human version next.

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