26 Feb 2010
After Project Kangaroo was blocked by regulators, it was good to see the
video-on-demand service, and "son of Kangaroo", SeeSaw finally launch
last week. Its advertising model might not yet be the most sophisticated
but the site looks good and the blend of archive programming from the
BBC, Channel 4 and Five ...
19 Feb 2010
At last, it has arrived. The beast formerly known as Kangaroo has made
the bouncing arrival that it has been promising for, seemingly, an age.
After a major regulatory stumble that held it back for a year and a
"soft launch" to invited users in January, SeeSaw made its debut this
week as a mainstream ...
04 Dec 2009
The video-on-demand platform, which is owned by the broadcast technology
company Arqiva and uses the technology acquired from Project Kangaroo,
will run BBC content including Doctor Who and That Mitchell & Webb
Look. ...
13 Nov 2009
. SeeSaw (son of Kangaroo, another BBC-led project that was offloaded on
to the BBC's Freeview partner ...
programme guide. Or, indeed, like Kangaroo, it might end up being blocked altogether by
the Commission ...
30 Oct 2009
hobbled its British equivalent, Kangaroo, back in February. Son of Kangaroo, now owned by Arqiva ...
29 Oct 2009
| by Staff
The agency won the business after a pitch process, having previously been appointed to handle the advertising for Project Kangaroo, the proposed VoD service backed by BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV, which ...
for the defunct Project Kangaroo after Arqiva acquired the right to use it in July. Fallon will create a through ...
23 Oct 2009
During a speech at a House of Lords Communications Committee hearing,
Grade said that the Competition Commission made a huge mistake in
blocking Project Kangaroo, a video-on-demand venture between BBC
Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, and that he was sure a US company would
therefore soon take on the majority ...
23 Oct 2009
| by Ian Darby
was perplexed by the decision to block Kangaroo.
This won't stop IPTV happening because Hulu will come in and we ...
16 Oct 2009
Arqiva, which bought up the technology behind the now-defunct Kangaroo project, is seeking a media...After its acquisition of the technology from Kangaroo's shareholders,
ITV, BBC Worldwide and Channel 4, Arqiva is seeking agencies that can
take on the multimillion-pound launch campaign, which the company hopes
will launch before the end of the year. ...
02 Oct 2009
to the pitch being built within their
usual watering hole. Sandstorms and kangaroos hindered the crew ...