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Kangaroo. In Trouble Already

Oh, Kangaroo, will you ever see the light of day? Or will you be permanently vaporware?

Kangaroo has come up against another set of problems. The joint venture between BBC ITV and Channel 4 has been referred to the Competition Commission by the Office of Fair Trading. And this is before it has even been seen on a computer screen anywhere.


In a statement, the OFT said ...

"In reaching its decision, the OFT carefully considered all evidence as to whether the joint venture would face enough competition from other sources."

"While it is easy to speculate about what different UK viewers might do if the joint venture charged a higher price, there was a lack of good evidence available on these issues."

If this is the sort of problems kangaroo faces before it is available, I dread to think what will happen when or if it ever launches.

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Kangaroo Season? Autumn Apparantly - Stop Press: NAME CHANGE

STOP PRESS: Kangaroo is now "SeeSaw..." We say: One crap name is a mistake. TWO crap names smacks of carelessness. Anywho...

According to a report in the Guardian today - Kangaroo,  the massive Internet TV joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 is set to launch in September or October. Well, thats what the bosses are "Currently hoping"

On the subject ITV's Chief Operating Officer John Cresswell says..

"It is going really well. Ashley's (Highfield - Chief Executive of Kangaroo from July 1st) appointment is fantastic. With all new technical launches, you always have a soft launch before you unveil the whole thing,"

Which means they'll be beta testing it for quite a while.

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