Project Canvas faced mixed opinion at MediaTel Group’s ‘The Internet comes to TV’ event in London on Wednesday, held in association with Rovi, but much of this was simply down to it still being seen as work in progress.

Well for starters, Project Canvas’ backers – ITV, BBC, BT, Five, Channel 4 and TalkTalk – insist the internet TV service will be ready for launch later this year.

Yesterday’s invite-only ‘The Internet comes to TV – How will viewers find my content?’ event, hosted by MediaTel Group and Rovi, saw a room full of top industry executives excitedly discussing the prospects of digital television.

Microsoft is set to launch a Windows Phone 7 operating system with links to Xbox Live and Zune.

SeeSaw is set to launch a new £5 million ad campaign with the strapline ‘If you love TV, SeeSaw’.

ITV1’s Law & Order: UK dominated the peak-hour ratings last night with a high of more than 6.1 million viewers.

The BBC may face benchmarking tests on all sports rights bids under new BBC Trust plans.

24 leading mobile operators including Orange and Vodafone have joined forces to build a global open industry platform that can deliver applications to all mobile phones.

The London Evening Standard is set to roll out a new mobile application later this month.

Independent News & Media has extended talks with Alexander Lebedev over the sale of the Independent and Independent on Sunday.