Comments on: BBC, ITV and Channel 4 Join Forces & Battle YouTube With ‘Kangaroo’ Online TV Service

By: Can Arqiva’s SeeSaw Video On Demand Service Succeed? | Competing With iPlayer, Hulu Etc.

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:07:00 +0000

[...] Project Kangaroo was killed at birth, there was little that the BBC and its partners could do but sell off the assets. This included the technology, infrastructure, and [...]

By: Sky News Online For All As Canvas Criticism Published | Murdoch A Fan Of Free After All?

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:19:31 +0000

[...] came Project Kangaroo, a joint online video on demand venture from the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4. Things were going well [...]

By: BBC Open iPlayer For All | Catch-Up Television On-Demand For All, Even International Viewers

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:13:12 +0000

[...] BBC was part of Project Kangaroo, alongside ITV and Channel 4, working to create a one-stop shop for mainstream catch-up television [...]

By: Microsoft’s Ashley Highfield Claims TV Facing ‘iTunes Moment’ With Apple The Bad Guy

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:36:12 +0000

[...] oversaw the launch of the BBC iPlayer service, initially only on Windows, and was the CEO of Project Kangaroo, the joint venture between the BBC, ITV, and Channel [...]

By: Online Video Driving Broadband Take Up | BBC iPlayer Viewing Figures Increase To 5 Million

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:48:07 +0000

[...] offerings will soon be joined by Arqiva, which recently bought the infrastructure of Project Kangaroo and immediately promised to use it to launch a video-on-demand service in the next few months. And [...]

By: MSN Video Player Review | Microsoft Online Video Streaming Service Vs. iPlayer & Hulu

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:52:34 +0000

[...] in a big way. The iPlayer continues to dominate but in the aftermath of the decision to quash Project Kangaroo, competition is [...]

By: Microsoft Launches Online TV Service | MSN Video Player To Rival BBC iPlayer & Hulu

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:37:35 +0000

[...] the view the Competition Commission took when it ordered Project Kangaroo, a joint project between the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4, to be shut down before it had even got [...]

By: Arqiva Buys Kangaroo Infrastructure | Free & Pay-To-View Video On Demand Service On Way

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:23:18 +0000

[...] was a joint project between the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 which was intended to bring together content from the three [...]

By: Hulu UK Is “Number One Priority” | September Launch For International Hulu Possible

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:31:30 +0000

[...] assumption that Hulu was moving into the UK market to cash in on the collapse of Kangaroo, the joint online video project between the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4. Which makes the Competition Commission’s decision to [...]

By: Channel 4 Evolving Online TV Catch-Up Service | 4oD Moves To Web, Includes Free Archive

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:47:45 +0000

[...] is part of the reason that all three broadcasters were working together on Project Kangaroo, the ill-fated attempt to provide U.K. viewers with a one-stop shop for content from all three of [...]