09 Dec 2008
| by Andrew Walmsley
into Kangaroo, the UK web-based video-on-demand service expected to launch early next year. Kangaroo is a joint ...
claims that, until recently, its only contact had been a call from Kangaroo's lawyers informing ...
also taken advantage of Kangaroo's plight with the launch of its Sky Player last week. According ...
09 Dec 2008
| by Fiona Ramsay
The retailer revealed its plans to the Competition Commission, which is currently investigating rival VoD service Kangaroo, in development by ITV, BBC Worldwide and Channel 4. Tesco's service, which ...
wholesalers are unable to offer sufficient UK content to compete [with Kangaroo]'. Hulu, a video website ...
09 Dec 2008
Kangaroo, the VoD service proposed by Channel 4, ITV and BBC Worldwide, has been deemed potentially
05 Dec 2008
The Competition Commission is likely to impose restrictions on the proposed Project Kangaroo video...The commission's main concern is that Kangaroo will lead to a loss of
rivalry between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, which will have an
impact on the quality of VOD content and viewers' ability to access it.
However, the commission believed that Kangaroo would not lead to a
"substantial lessening ...
03 Dec 2008
| by Emma Barnett
-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 ...
03 Dec 2008
| by Ian Darby
Kangaroo video-on-demand service after ruling that its launch will stifle competition....Its main concern is that Kangaroo will lead to a loss of rivalry between BBC Worldwide, ITV ...
. However, the CC took the view that Kangaroo would not lead to a "substantial lessening of competition" in the advertising market. This is likely to mean that Kangaroo can launch with its proposition of being funded ...
21 Nov 2008
"The project won't miss a beat without him. I'm not a novice. I've run
bigger businesses than Kangaroo. The project was under way long before
Ashley joined." - Rob Henwood, the interim chief executive of Project
Kangaroo, dismisses the idea that the departure of his predecessor
Ashley Highfield will set ...
21 Nov 2008
DON'T ... Confusion around the launch of Project Kangaroo The new video-on-demand service could ...
19 Nov 2008
| by Nikki Sandison
aboriginal children playing with boomerangs as the sun sets, herds of kangaroos, repetition of the word ...
14 Nov 2008
Ashley Highfield, the chief executive of the planned video-on-demand service Kangaroo, is quitting