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AS Profile Ashley Highfield has fallen from number seven in 2008's Agenda Setters list following his move from the Kangaroo online TV joint venture where he was CEO, to Microsoft UK as managing director and VP of consumer and online. [29 Sep 2009]
BBC, C4 and ITV's Kangaroo finally finds new home with Arqiva
News The on-demand TV platform developed by BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV - known as Project Kangaroo - has had its new home confirmed. The technology behind Project Kangaroo was sold to broadcast... [25 Aug 2009]
Kangaroo tech jumps into Arqiva's hands
News Broadcast infrastructure operator Arqiva is to acquire the technology developed for Project Kangaroo. Project Kangaroo, a collaboration between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, was intended to develop a... [23 Jul 2009]
Cheat sheet: Project Canvas
Cheat Sheet Ofcom also suggested that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) may have a part to play in Canvas' future - something unlikely to please the BBC and ITV after the demise of Project Kangaroo. Kangaroo, an... [23 Jun 2009]
Orange walks away from Kangaroo buy
News Orange has walked away from talks to buy the Project Kangaroo online on-demand media player technology. The mobile operator, which is owned by France Telecom, said in a statement: "We can confirm that we are not pursuing... [21 May 2009]
Project Canvas: Watch out for DRM, rivals and quality
News Another BBC collaboration - a single platform for viewing BBC, ITV and Channel 4 programmes on a computer known as Project Kangaroo - was blocked by the Competition Commission in February. The video-on-demand initiative... [27 Apr 2009]
Orange 'on the hunt for BBC, ITV, C4 tech'
News Orange is in talks to acquire 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, Channel 4 and... [06 Apr 2009]
'The web is getting into our DNA'
Comment Not all of Channel 4's experiments with online content have ended in success - Project Kangaroo, a video-on-demand collaboration with BBC and ITV was axed this year after the Competition Commission decided the scheme... [18 Mar 2009]
'If you look at iPlayer from a distance, it's still very web 1.0'
Comment Erik Huggers became director of the BBC's Future Media and Technology (FM&T) division in July 2008, following the departure of Ashley Highfield who left to join the ill-fated Project Kangaroo. What are your views on the... [18 Feb 2009]
Online TV - why this is only the beginning
News And regarding the recent prohibition of the Kangaroo multibroadcaster online TV service by the Competition Commission - a project Highfield briefly headed - he said: "I think the demise of Kangaroo is a... [12 Feb 2009]
Kangaroo tech to get ITV kiss of life?
News The technology developed for the now defunct Kangaroo online TV service could still be used despite the project being blocked by the Competition Commission. It's not about resurrecting Kangaroo in a... [06 Feb 2009]
Project Kangaroo shot dead by Competition Commission
News Project Kangaroo, a proposed single platform for viewing BBC, ITV and Channel 4 programmes on a computer, has been blocked by the Competition Commission. The commission suggested in December it was unlikely to approve... [04 Feb 2009]
iPlayer and chums coming to your set-top box and mobile
News A separate web TV joint venture between the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV, Project Kangaroo recently fell foul of the Competition Commission, which decided the service - an online media player carrying content from the three... [11 Dec 2008]
Watchdog kills Project Kangaroo's bounce
News The future of Project Kangaroo, the proposed online TV-video joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, is in doubt following comments from the Competition Commission. The comments are part of the... [03 Dec 2008]
Project Kangaroo makes leap to December testing
News Project Kangaroo, the online TV joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, is planning to start testing the on-demand media player by the end of the year. A spokesman for the Kangaroo... [18 Nov 2008]
