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 ...
07 Dec 2007
Will Kangaroo confound its critics and prove a success, Alasdair Reid asks....its story on the launch of Kangaroo with a
picture of Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder mode. Naturally, yes, Blackadder
is a classic BBC programme, and, yes, of course, the BBC is a
participant in Kangaroo ...
reasons why the big newspaper
publishers might want to subvert (however subtly) a project like
Kangaroo ...
08 Aug 2008
| by Ian Darby
After a £91m drop in profits, ITV is hoping Kangaroo and the CRR will improve its current situation....ITV, which issued its half-year results this week, is hoping that
regulator decisions on the future of the online service Kangaroo and the
Contract Rights Renewal mechanism will improve its fortunes. The broadcaster said it expects Kangaroo, also backed by Channel 4 and
the BBC, will launch in "early 2009 ...
04 Feb 2009
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - The Competition Commission has put an end to Project Kangaroo, the joint venture between...Normal 0 Is the CC right to axe Kangaroo? **Vote** and have your say The commission's final report concluded that Kangaroo "has to be stopped" because even the constraints it had considered, such as controlling the way Kangaroo shareholders offer content to other providers, would not have overcome the risk ...
10 Nov 2008
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
venture Project Kangaroo to join Microsoft as UK consumer and online managing director...., Vice President, Consumer and Online, Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa. Project Kangaroo has ...
role as the BBC's director of future media and technology to take the chief executive role at Kangaroo in April. Project Kangaroo is now looking for a replacement and has appointed its lead regulatory adviser ...
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 ...
04 Jul 2008
| by Kunal Dutta
Project Kangaroo, the proposed broadband video-on-demand service from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4...competition concerns. A spokeswoman for Kangaroo denied that the service was searching for an
advertising ...
18 Apr 2008
the chief executive of Kangaroo, the planned on-demand service from BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV....He replaces the interim chief executive, Leslie MacKenzie, and takes
over before the service's planned launch later this year. Kangaroo will
host more than 10,000 hours of content, catch-up TV and archive
programmes from the broadcasters, and will make money from advertising
and from charging fees ...
14 Nov 2008
Ashley Highfield, the chief executive of the planned video-on-demand service Kangaroo, is quitting
08 Aug 2008
Project: Kangaroo, the proposed broadband video-on-demand service from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4