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Blocked: BBC plan to share iPlayer with rivals
News The BBC Trust has rejected a proposal that would allow UK broadcasters such as Channel 4, ITV and Five to share the BBC's iPlayer technology. The BBC... [21 Oct 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. Project Kangaroo, a collaboration between... [25 Aug 2009]
BBC is taking tech seriously, so give it a break!
Comment The BBC is a world leader in developing innovative media technology - so cut it some slack, says Tim Ferguson. The BBC is damned if it does and damned if it doesn't when it comes to developing new... [31 Jul 2009]
Five - why we joined Project Canvas
News Five today announced it was joining the joint venture, which already includes the BBC, BT and ITV, leaving Channel 4 as the one remaining public service broadcaster not to have signed up... [30 Jul 2009]
Five joins BBC and ITV in Canvas picture
News The addition of Five means Channel 4 remains the only free-to-air terrestrial broadcaster that hasn't signed up for Canvas and suggests momentum for Canvas is growing despite the project currently being... [30 Jul 2009]
Kangaroo tech jumps into Arqiva's hands
News Project Kangaroo, a collaboration between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, was intended to develop a shared online on-demand TV service for the three organisations. It now seems that... [23 Jul 2009]
Cheat sheet: Project Canvas
Cheat Sheet Kangaroo, an online on-demand TV service and joint venture between the BBC's commercial arm BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, was referred by the OFT to the Competition... [23 Jun 2009]
Orange walks away from Kangaroo buy
News Project Kangaroo started life as a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV to develop a platform to play on-demand content from all three. Some very valuable digital... [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... [27 Apr 2009]
Cheat sheet: Digital Britain
Cheat Sheet Well, Digital Britain is already mulling over the question of whether to create a second public broadcaster - possibly by merging Channel 4 with BBC Worldwide or Five - to provide... [21 Apr 2009]
Orange 'on the hunt for BBC, ITV, C4 tech'
News Project Kangaroo started life in 2007 as a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV but was subsequently given the red light by the Competition Commission earlier this year... [06 Apr 2009]
'The web is getting into our DNA'
Comment With a decade in the CIO's chair behind him, Dobb has been witness to a transformation at the broadcaster which has seen it change from a single channel, analogue broadcaster into a multiplatform, multichannel company... [18 Mar 2009]
Kangaroo tech to get ITV kiss of life?
News The joint venture, which involved the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, was given the red light after it was deemed to be a threat to competition... [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. BBC Worldwide,... [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... [11 Dec 2008]
