Charles Dunstone, CEO of The Carphone Warehouse ( TalkTalk , AOL UK , Tiscali , Opal etc. ), has confirmed that the group will not "switch off" Tiscali's broadband Internet TV ( IPTV ) service. In fact Carphone is now examining whether or not to expand its investment in the platform, which is said to have around 50k subscribers; we recently revealed that Ofcom’s data showed it had closer to 100k (here).

It's no coincidence that Dunstone's remarks to the Financial Times (FT) also include a reference towards participating in the BBC-led Project Canvas development (related news), which aims to deliver an open on-demand broadband TV standard. "We might say Canvas isn't the answer and we will go and reinvigorate Tiscali TV," he said, somewhat suggesting that how much help Tiscali TV gets will remain uncertain for a little while longer.