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Project Canvas given green light by BBC Trust

The BBC Trust, the corporation's governing body, has given a provisional go-ahead for a project which could kick-start demand for internet TV.

Project Canvas is a partnership between the BBC, ITV, BT, Five, Channel 4 and TalkTalk to develop a so-called Internet Protocol Television standard.

It would see a range of set-top boxes available to access on-demand TV services such as iPlayer and ITVplayer.

Set-top boxes, expected to cost around £200, could be available next year.
The Trust reached its provisional conclusions following more than 800 written responses

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8426104.stm

Putting the Boot in search

According to Hitwise data released Dec 11th '09 - the Top 10 search terms in November across the Pharmaceutical & Medical Products category accounted for 51.61% of all search volume across the month.

In one form or another, 'Boots' accounted for 93.8% of the top 10 searches which equates to 48.46% of all searches.

Do they really know a boot of the foot variety from a pharmaceutical boots search??

http://www.clickz.com/3635878