The British Broadcasting Corp. has been given the go-ahead to join a consortium that will bring the Internet to TV sets in the United Kingdom, the Financial Times reports.

According to the report, "The venture – known as Project Canvas – which is designed to strengthen free-to-air broadcasters in the Internet age, has been fiercely criticised by British Sky Broadcasting, the pay-TV operator."

The other members of the Project Canvas consortium, according to the article, are "ITV, Channel 4 and Five plus BT and Carphone Warehouse, the leading broadband providers."

–Chuck Ross