BBC and Online Television such as the iPlayer service
SeeSaw, Arqiva’s attempt to create something similar to what the BBC had hoped to do, has now entered a private, invite-only beta. This will last roughly a month, with content deals being thrashed out before the launch proper.
Kangaroo – SeeSaw
SeeSaw has risen out of the ashes of Project Kangaroo, the joint project between BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 that would have seen all strands of British TV brought together in one Web video portal. That was until the Competition Commission killed Kangaroo off after BSkyB and Virgin Media pledged complaints.
The BBC and its partners have gone on to create Project Canvas, a much more ambitious effort that seeks to create a new standard and platform for IPTV in the U.K. Set-top boxes are even part of the plan.
Arqiva bought the Kangaroo infrastructure last July for an estimated £8 million ($14 million).

The BBC iPlayer continues to go from strength to strength. Not only is it a brilliantly conceived and run, user-friendly service, it’s also still growing in popularity, breaking the 100 million requests barrier for the month of December.
Project Canvas, the BBC-led IPTV offering for a Web TV future, finally got
In what is an early Christmas present to lovers of online video in the U.K., the BBC Trust has approved the BBC’s participation in Project Canvas. Along with partners ITV, Five, Channel 4, BT, and TalkTalk, the BBC is now fully on board Project Canvas.
As soon as Project Kangaroo was killed at birth the BBC began work on Project Canvas. This is a bigger, bolder attempt at standardizing Internet TV at this early stage of its infancy.