The British Broadcasting Corp.’s controlling trust Friday approved Project Canvas, a joint venture Web-television service that will bring Internet content and new video-on-demand to the TV early next year.

But the approval, which was widely expected, was subject to conditions including free-to-air access for users, access to the platform for content providers and Internet Service Providers, as well as industry consultation.

BBC Trust also said the BBC’s involvement will not exceed its estimated costs by more than 20% over a five year period, and that Project Canvas “will comply with all applicable laws including competition and state aid law.”

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BBC Trust Approves Project Canvas, Sets Conditions

On Demand Group and HBO have announce a deal to provide on-demand access to full episodes of award-winning television shows from HBO via 3 UK’s TV: On Demand TV subscription video-on-demand service. Under the terms of the deal, 3 UK’s SVOD subscribers will be able to watch episodes of HBO hit series including The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Flight of the Conchords.

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Clearleap unveils an EBIF application designed to give cable, IPTV and satellite TV subscribers a continuous, lean back viewing experience for short form programming on VOD. The application, dubbed MyPlaylistTV, provides TV viewers with the ability to generate pre-populated play lists from their VOD libraries and have the video segments stream in a linear fashion, with numerous options to navigate forward, backward and between different play lists without the usual stops and starts of today’s VOD systems.

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Clearleap Unveils MyPlaylistTV Application for Short Form Content on VOD

blinkx and ELO Company announce the launch of ELO blinkx Brasil Internet TV platform to provide Brazilian consumers with access to millions of streaming videos on the Web. Users will now be able to easily discover and watch their favorite content, from music, entertainment, food, sports, travel, fashion and much more, wherever and whenever they want, free of charge.

Using blinkx’s patented search technology, the ELO blinkx Brasil Internet TV platform allows users to easily search, discover and watch thousands of high-quality videos online. The Platform also provides advanced interactive tools and links to related content to give users a rich viewing experience.

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blinkx Extends Partnership with ELO Company to Launch Internet TV Platform

CBS is offering programming from across its leading content properties for the highly anticipated launch of the Apple iPad on April 3. Consumers will be able to watch streaming video content from hit CBS television shows and CBS.com technology content from CNET.com; they can also download iPad applications from Simon & Schuster, and a customized audio application from CBS Radio.

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CBS Offers Video and Audio Programming for Apple’s iPad