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Project Kangaroo axed by regulators

...Project Kangaroo, a proposed single platform for viewing BBC, ITV and Channel 4... Read more

4 February, 2009 by David Meyer

Orange may adopt Kangaroo online TV tech

...the technology platform developed for the Kangaroo online on-demand TV service. Project Kangaroo started life in 2007 as a joint venture between BBC Worldwide... Read more

7 April, 2009 by Tim Ferguson

Project Kangaroo leaps into alpha testing

Project Kangaroo, the online TV joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel... Read more

19 November, 2008 by Tim Ferguson

Ex-iPlayer boss made Microsoft UK consumer chief

...of the iPlayer digital video platform, has, since April, been heading up Project Kangaroo, a version of the iPlayer that will supposedly incorporate other, non... Read more

10 November, 2008 by David Meyer

Project Kangaroo hops into Arqiva's arms

...on Tuesday that it has completed its purchase of technology developed by Project Kangaroo. Project Kangaroo, an on-demand television platform, is the product of... Read more

25 August, 2009

Watchdog kills Project Kangaroo's bounce

Rivals should stay rivals The future of Project Kangaroo, the proposed online TV-video joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV... Read more

3 December, 2008 by Tim Ferguson

Project Kangaroo makes leap to December testing

Online joint venture won't get caught on the hop... Project Kangaroo, the online TV joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel... Read more

18 November, 2008 by Tim Ferguson

BBC/ITV/C4 Kangaroo scheme 'anti-competitive'

The multi-channel video-on-demand scheme that is currently known as Project Kangaroo - think an iPlayer that includes not only the BBC but also... Read more

3 December, 2008

SeeSaw TV service goes public with BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and Five

Project Kangaroo's tech bounces back The technology developed for the now-defunct... Read more

18 February, 2010 by Tim Ferguson

SeeSaw TV public beta revives Kangaroo technology

The technology developed for the now-defunct online TV project Kangaroo has finally seen the light of day, following the public beta... Read more

19 February, 2010 by Tim Ferguson

Microsoft to launch online TV service in UK

...for an online TV offering "in the coming months". The cancellation of Project Kangaroo provided the impetus for the development of the MSN Video Player... Read more

30 July, 2009 by Matthew Broersma

Arqiva ties down Kangaroo technology

...operator Arqiva on Thursday confirmed plans to acquire the technology developed for Project Kangaroo. Project Kangaroo, a collaboration between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4... Read more

24 July, 2009 by Tim Ferguson

Orange backs out of Kangaroo buy

...Orange has walked away from talks to buy the Project Kangaroo online on-demand media player technology. The mobile operator, which is... Read more

21 May, 2009 by Natasha Lomas

BBC iPlayer heads to set-top boxes

...separate web TV joint venture between the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV — Project Kangaroo — recently fell foul of the Competition Commission. The commission decided that... Read more

12 December, 2008 by Jo Best

BBC hops over cross-channel iPlayer antitrust

...has anything whatsoever to do with the Competition Commission effectively killing off Project Kangaroo on the basis that it would hammer the wider video-on... Read more

11 December, 2008

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