One of the problems of nationally owned Institutions like the UK’s BBC is that everything takes so long. We first heard about the service which eventually became the iPlayer in rumors during 2003/4, and the service came into being in 2005 after flirting with P2P delivery and opting for a more traditional streaming delivery. Project Canvas, a specialized set top for it and for other similar copycat services from pay TV and broadcasters, was mooted in 2008 and has still to arrive. This week it dropped back another 6 months, with virtually no explanation. The Project, since named YouView, was supposed to have products in the market in 2010, and that was put off until mid-2011, and the new statement…