BBC Worldwide, ITV (LSE: ITV) and Channel 4 have rejected concerns their Kangaroo VOD JV would allow them to operate an online video cartel. In a submission to the Competition…

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-- Kangaroo: ITV (LSE: ITV) Consumer executive business manager Rob Hobson will step up and take additional responsibilities as ITV’s Kangaroo representative, following the departure of Patrick Ugeux to Chellomedia.…

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-- FTChinese.com: Financial Times is upping deputy commercial director Dan Molloy to president of FTChinese.com and Rui, its Chinese lifestyle magazine. Molloy will also head up business development and new…

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Joost, which is already frustrated at its failure to get any content from BBC, ITV (LSE: ITV) and C4, has told the Competition Commission that the broadcasters’ Kangaroo JV will…

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Independent TV and film producers have told the Competition Commission’s investigation in to the proposed Kangaroo VOD service that the JV will mean ”a significant dampening of this competition in…

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The Competition Commission, which was handed the Kangaroo VOD JV proposal in June for a six-month inquiry, is delaying the process for a further month because BBC Worldwide, ITV (LSE:…

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Investment analysts don’t believe ITV (LSE: ITV) can hit its ambitious target of £150 million online revenue by 2010 any more than I do. One such individual cited by mad.co.uk…

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Lesley Mackenzie, the former BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) channels and operations director who was launch CEO of VOD JV Kangaroo for a brief while, has now been appointed CEO of NetTV24/7,…

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A day before Ashley Highfield (pictured) becomes CEO, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), has referred the BBC Worldwide/ITV/C4 Kangaroo VOD JV to the Competition Commission, for a more thorough…

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To commercial newspapers’ gripes the BBC is ”the 300lb gorilla on our garden”, add a collection of concerns on web TV and travel guides. The Sunday papers have rounded up…

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The ITV/C4/BBC Worldwide VoD JV codenamed Project Kangaroo is inching closer to fruition. MediaWeek reckons the consortium will name the service SeeSaw - a title that would aptly reflect both…

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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is asking rival broadcasters their views on BBCWW/ITV/C4’s Kangaroo VOD joint venture, which isn’t even yet due for launch until August at the earliest,…

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As predicted yesterday on news of Ashley Highfield’s appointment as CEO, it looks like ITV/C4/BBC Worldwide online TV JV Project Kangaroo won’t make the earlier-rumoured June launch date. “Observers” tell…

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Updated: BBC future media and technology director Ashley Highfield is quitting to become CEO of the Project Kangaroo online TV platform, marking a return to the commercial sector after eight…

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- Virgin 50 Mbps: Nine million VMED customers will have access to 50 Mbps cable this year, the company said, considering best methods for rollout: “Unlike big routed networks, we…

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BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is adding an in-browser component to its VOD platform, in addition to the P2P application used for the desktop version of its Sky Anytime VOD platform, as…

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One of the execs behind the upcoming Kangaroo online TV service will quit his employer in the new year. As Channel 4 new business director, Rod Henwood helped establish the…

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Kangaroo will gobble up 4oD, will leave iPlayer unharmed, is seeking more broadcast partners and will offer transfer to portable media players, a trio of executives behind the upcoming online…

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The main strategy behind Kangaroo - the VOD online TV joint venture announced this morning by BBC Worldwide, ITV (LSE: ITV) and Channel 4 - is to monetise TV shows…

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BBC Worldwide, ITV (LSE: ITV) and Channel 4 have confirmed they are joining forces to launch a major new online on-demand UK TV joint venture. The “entertainment site” will offer…

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The BBC has offered further details confirming BBC Worldwide is developing a commercial online media player that will distribute shows abroad after they have dropped off the free iPlayer service.…

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Internet TV is beginning to motor in the UK, this FT.com article points out, but Channel 4 and ITV have called for a single standard to unite disparate efforts. C4…

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The UK’s main broadcasters are reportedly planning a broadband media player joint venture that would pool their programming as on-demand video downloads. An unidentified source told The Guardian BBC, ITV…

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