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Arqiva plans VoD venture as it finalises purchase of Kangaroo

LONDON - Arqiva has confirmed it is buying the technology assets of Project Kangaroo, the now...developed for the Project Kangaroo service. Arqiva said it plans to use the Project Kangaroo platform assets to launch a new video-on-demand service to UK consumers in the coming months. Project Kangaroo ... of the six UK digital terrestrial TV multiplexes. Arqiva is no stranger to the shareholders of Kangaroo ...

Arqiva on its own in bid for Project Kangaroo technology

bidder for the sought-after technology behind the now defunct Project Kangaroo on-demand platform....of Kangaroo, ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide. The three broadcasters are among its biggest customers. ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide had planned to launch Project Kangaroo this year. However, its launch ... and Project Kangaroo declined to comment. ...

Broadcasters may resurrect parts of failed Kangaroo

LONDON - BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 could still use parts of planned VoD venture Kangaroo...Commission spokesman said the legal agreement that parties have to sign to prohibit Kangaroo still needs ... concerns." Meanwhile, up to 50 staff at Kangaroo are set to lose their jobs as a result of the CC ruling ...

Kangaroo killed off by Competition Commission

LONDON - Project Kangaroo, the planned VoD venture from BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 has been...-competitive. The CC said that there were no remedies, such as forcing Kangaroo to share its content with rival ... that it considered a combination of measures aimed at removing Kangaroo's ability to wholesale its content ... that by not coming together to form Kangaroo, viewers would benefit from better VoD services as the broadcasters ...

ITV's Grade confident in online despite Kangaroo blow

the Competition Commission's decision to block Project Kangaroo from launch....be anti-competitive. Grade said that ITV was "surprised" by the decision as it believed Kangaroo ... will provide an update on its online plans on 4 March. Kangaroo was to play a big part in ITV s plans ... by the end of 2012. Meanwhile, in a joint statement, Kangaroo's backers, BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 ...

Rivals call for halt to Kangaroo launch

VoD venture Kangaroo to be prohibited from launching....into Kangaroo last month all called for the planned venture to be shelved. Last month, the commission ruled that Kangaroo would restrict competition and added that it intends to bind the venture to a series of conditions, before clearing its launch. In a statement that left the launch prospects of Kangaroo in the balance ...

Kangaroo's power may be diluted by commission's findings

-on-demand service Kangaroo could mean more opportunities for lower advertising rates across the service, some media...director, television, Arena BLM, said: "The attraction of Kangaroo to clients was a one-stop shop to get ... Kangaroo's power, as it was meant to offer unique content. However, being able to negotiate the price down ... it depends on how much content Kangaroo would have to put elsewhere - and places more value ...

Kangaroo would damage competition, rules Commission

LONDON - The Competition Commission has ruled that Kangaroo would restrict competition...of Kangaroo in the balance, the CC, publishing its provisional findings today, said that the planned VoD ... lessening" of competition in the supply of UK TV VoD content. However, in a boost to Kangaroo's backers the CC concluded that Kangaroo would not lessen competition in online advertising or content acquisition ...

Kangaroo to sell with web inventory

LONDON - Ads around Kangaroo, the planned on-demand online service from BBC Worldwide, ITV...According to media agency sources present at Kangaroo presentations over recent weeks, ITV and Channel 4's website inventories will be sold alongside their content on Kangaroo. One agency's head ... -dependently with Kangaroo, but it is unclear how exactly that model will work. It is thought, however, that they will start ...

ITV negotiates final terms to sell ads around Kangaroo

's inventory on Project Kangaroo, the video-on-demand joint venture service between BBC Worldwide, ITV...for project Kangaroo or a more abridged UKTV-style back catalogue." A senior TV figure close to ITV and C4 ... sales agreement with ITV and discussions are still ongoing." ITV declined to comment. Kangaroo could ...

 

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