12 Mar 2009
| by Staff
. The proposed launch of Project Canvas follows the collapse of Project Kangaroo, a video-on-demand venture ...
27 Feb 2009
The venture, Project Canvas, will involve a set-top box with an open
connection to the internet, bringing online on-demand viewing to TV
screens. The alliance comes after the collapse of Project Kangaroo, the
joint TV project between ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide, which was
blocked by regulators due ...
13 Feb 2009
The backers of Project Kangaroo will not appeal against the closure of the proposed online TV
13 Feb 2009
| by Anne Cassidy
Controversy surrounds the decision to axe Kangaroo....The Competition Commission's decision to gun down Kangaroo before it
even hit the starting blocks ...
threat
to competition in the nascent VoD market. Project Kangaroo, announced in November 2007, promised ...
display advertising would be sold centrally. The
content would be free and not exclusive to Kangaroo ...
05 Feb 2009
| by Anne Cassidy
LONDON - The decision by the Competition Commission to block Project Kangaroo, the proposed online..., the chairman of the IPA Digital Media Group, said the ruling was a loss for digital media. "Kangaroo was held ...
that the Kangaroo joint venture, competing in a crowded online world against dominant global brands ...
16 Jan 2009
of the video-on-demand venture Kangaroo....Last month, the commission ruled that Kangaroo would launch with a
series of conditions to prevent the restriction of competition among VoD
services in the UK. In response to the commission's provisional report,
Virgin Media argued that Kangaroo would "dictate the form and structure"
of the market. The commission ...
16 Jan 2009
in the digital age - the on-demand web-TV venture codenamed
Kangaroo - was pulled up short by the Competition ...
15 Jan 2009
| by Anne Cassidy
LONDON - Kangaroo, the proposed video-on-demand service from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, has...to publish its final report on the venture by 8 February. Last month, the body ruled that Kangaroo, which ...
. Kangaroo's hunt for a media agency was narrowed down to five last week. The shortlisted agencies ...
09 Jan 2009
| by Chris Locke
of Kangaroo. If it happens, it should radically challenge the current TV supply model, as well as offering ...
09 Jan 2009
Project Kangaroo, the video-on-demand venture, has cost ITV and
Channel 4 £30 million in 2008, according to a report. The broadcasters, facing a bill of £15 million each, should
consider pulling out of the venture, the study by Enders Analysis
argued. It estimates that the service, which is still to win ...