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 ...
09 Jan 2009
| by Jean-Paul Edwards
on the device. TV and the web make friends. Despite recent problems, Project Kangaroo should launch to great ...
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 ...
21 Nov 2008
DON'T ... Confusion around the launch of Project Kangaroo The new video-on-demand service could ...
14 Nov 2008
Ashley Highfield, the chief executive of the planned video-on-demand service Kangaroo, is quitting
14 Nov 2008
| by Ian Darby
by the advertising slowdown, with
profitability being further impacted by investment in Kangaroo ...
07 Nov 2008
Should advertisers be reassured by Kangaroo's model, Alasdair Reid asks...., but
on Kangaroo, a joint venture bringing together ITV, Channel 4 and the
BBC - but dominated by the latter ...
Commission - and last week Kangaroo attempted to forestall worries that
it was setting up a commercial cartel ...
. There were also other revelations - for instance, that Kangaroo will
aspire to a mixed funding model ...
24 Oct 2008
| by Russell Davies, russell@russelldavies.com
will be. Will Joost stage a
comeback? Will Google work out how to monetise YouTube? Will Kangaroo be
any ...
15 Aug 2008
The Competition Commission has delayed the closing deadline for its investigation into Kangaroo...The deadline has had to be pushed back because the information needed
from all involved parties has not yet been accumulated. The Commission
is investigating whether the planned Kangaroo service will cause
competition issues in the online video market. It also wants to
determine the impact of Kangaroo ...