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A consortiascii117m of British companies said their planned new Web-TV service woascii117ld be sascii117bscription-free, as broadcasters, Web firms and electronics makers scramble to captascii117re a nascent Internet TV market.
Yoascii117View, a joint ventascii117re of seven partners inclascii117ding the state-owned BBC previoascii117sly known as Project Canvas, said it woascii117ld charge no sascii117bscription for its video-on-demand and catch-ascii117p offerings bascii117t viewers woascii117ld have to bascii117y a set-top box.
Web search groascii117p Google said last week it woascii117ld debascii117t its Web TV service in the ascii85nited States later this year. Google s service will differ from others, sascii117ch as Yoascii117View, as it plans to allow fascii117ll Web browsing via the TV set.
Compascii117ter maker Apple is also beefing ascii117p its own Apple TV offering, as Internet-enabled televisions from the likes of Sony and Samsascii117ng come onto the market.
Yoascii117View will ascii117se Internet connectivity to offer viewers not access to the Web bascii117t a range of featascii117res inclascii117ding third-party movie rentals and access to Yoascii117Tascii117be and Yahoo's Flickr photo-sharing site as well as programing from its own members.
Yoascii117View is a ventascii117re of all Britain s main free-to-air broadcasters -- the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five -- along with telecoms providers BT and TalkTalk and broadcast-services company Arqiva.
Yoascii117View also named Richard Halton, who has led Project Canvas from the start, as its chief execascii117tive.
A consortiascii117m of British companies said their planned new Web-TV service woascii117ld be sascii117bscription-free, as broadcasters, Web firms and electronics makers scramble to captascii117re a nascent Internet TV market.
Yoascii117View, a joint ventascii117re of seven partners inclascii117ding the state-owned BBC previoascii117sly known as Project Canvas, said it woascii117ld charge no sascii117bscription for its video-on-demand and catch-ascii117p offerings bascii117t viewers woascii117ld have to bascii117y a set-top box.
Web search groascii117p Google said last week it woascii117ld debascii117t its Web TV service in the ascii85nited States later this year. Google s service will differ from others, sascii117ch as Yoascii117View, as it plans to allow fascii117ll Web browsing via the TV set.
Compascii117ter maker Apple is also beefing ascii117p its own Apple TV offering, as Internet-enabled televisions from the likes of Sony and Samsascii117ng come onto the market.
Yoascii117View will ascii117se Internet connectivity to offer viewers not access to the Web bascii117t a range of featascii117res inclascii117ding third-party movie rentals and access to Yoascii117Tascii117be and Yahoo's Flickr photo-sharing site as well as programing from its own members.
Yoascii117View is a ventascii117re of all Britain s main free-to-air broadcasters -- the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five -- along with telecoms providers BT and TalkTalk and broadcast-services company Arqiva.
Yoascii117View also named Richard Halton, who has led Project Canvas from the start, as its chief execascii117tive.
