February 5, 2009
UK's Hulu-style Project Kangaroo shot by government hunters
The UK's proposed Hulu-style venture, Project Kangaroo, would have offered on-demand material from the three largest broadcasters, but the government has found this kangaroo to be dangerously anticompetitive. ars technica reports.
According to the Commission, no proposed remedies would have been good enough to create any sort of competition in the video-on-demand (VOD) market, so the service cannot go ahead.
Kangaroo was to feature both "archival" (old) and "catch-up" (recent) content from ITV, Channel 4, and the BBC. Nearly all of the material would be free to consumers thanks to the magic of advertising, and it would all be available from a single site.
emily | 4:15 PM |
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Rather ironic in light of last weeks excitement around the Digital Britain report. However, there are already a couple of decent websites for telly out there - tv.blinkx.com is good - or ovguide.com.
Posted by: Olly | February 5, 2009 11:58 PM
Rather ironic in light of last weeks excitement around the Digital Britain report. However, there are already a couple of decent websites for telly out there - tv.blinkx.com is good - or ovguide.com.
Posted by: Olly | February 5, 2009 11:58 PM