From the Wikipedia article on Project Canvas [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Canvas]:

"Project Canvas is the working title for an attempt to create an open, internet-connected television platform built on common standards, by the United Kingdom's terrestrial broadcasters [...]"

Im trying really hard to see how this, in the words of Virgin, "is anticompetitive, restricts consumer choice and jeopardises the future development of next-generation TV in the UK".

ISTM that it is in fact the exact opposite - by preventing vendor lock-in, it fosters competition and thereby improves consumer choice. And how does a stable, patent-unencumbered open standard "jeopardise" anything except price-gouging by monopoly proprietary platforms?

You know, one could almost be forgiven for thinking that Virgins comments are disingenuous in the extreme!