Robert Andrews
Feb 4, 2009 2:37 AM
The UK’s proposed big “Kangaroo” VOD JV, stuck in regulatory limbo since announcing its intention to launch in 2007, has now been killed for good by a ruling from Britain’s antitrust agency that says it “would be too much of a threat to competition in this developing market and has…
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Robert Andrews
Dec 3, 2008 2:40 AM
Project Kangaroo, a Hulu-like UK VOD JV from BBC Worldwide, ITV (LSE: ITV) and Channel 4, would reduce competition and harm consumers, Britain’s anti-trust authority ruled Wednesday morning, even before the project has launched. The Competition Commission said the online unification of the UK’s three leading broadcasters would see them…
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Robert Andrews
Oct 15, 2008 1:09 PM
The UK’s upcoming Hulu equivalent codenamed Kangaroo will offer US TV shows and movies, despite being formed by three British public broadcasters. CEO Ashley Highfield, in a Mipcom panel, revealed he has been in “back-to-back meetings with US studios” here in Cannes this week: “We hope to acquire US TV…
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Robert Andrews
Aug 8, 2008 5:48 AM
UK VOD JV Kangaroo, which was already facing an antitrust inquiry of six months before even launching, is now being delayed by a further month - because the trio behind the venture haven’t yet agreed on key terms. The Competition Commission (CC), which in June began an investigation in to…
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Robert Andrews
Jun 30, 2008 6:53 AM
In the UK, the launch of the “Kangaroo” VOD JV between BBC Worldwide, ITV (LSE: ITV) and Channel 4 faces significant delay after the government’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) referred the partnership to the independent Competition Commission for a broader, six-month investigation in to possible market dominance issues. The…
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