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Why Kangaroo stalled
The Project Kangaroo partners failed to convince the Competition Commission that their last-minute proposal for ITV and Channel 4 to sell catch-up rights separately would give third parties a fair chance to buy shows at a fair price.
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GTV's football rights set to be sold
The African broadcast rights to the English Premier League, previously held by liquidated pan-African broadcaster GTV, are close to being sold to a new buyer.
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Vinnie Jones to shadow hard cops for ITV4
Vinnie Jones will be returning to ITV4 for another round of World Toughest Cops, but this time will travel around the world to meet them on the front line.
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At-a-glance: Project Kangaroo coverage
Browse Broadcastnow’s full coverage of Project Kangaroo including reports, comment and analysis.
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BBC drops Carol Thatcher
The BBC has dropped Carol Thatcher as a presenter of BBC1's The One Show after she called a professional tennis player a “golliwog”.
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BSkyB seals Premier League rights
BSkyB will remain the dominant force in live Premier League TV coverage until at least 2013 after it retained its existing rights to the competiton.
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Timeline: Project Kangaroo
The life of Project Kangaroo from the first announcement in November 2007 to its demise in February 2009.
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Response from the Kangaroo partners
The scrapping of Project Kangaroo was 'a missed opportunity' to provide choice for British viewers, the joint venture partners have said.
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Competition Commission blocks Project Kangaroo
BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 have failed in their bid to launch a joint video-on-demand service after the Competition Commission blocked their joint Project Kangaroo proposal.
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Clear Cut adds more FCP
Shepherd's Bush facility Clear Cut Pictures has installed a tenth Final Cut Pro (FCP) online and Color grading suite in order to cope with further demand for Mac technology-based post-production and finishing.
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Framestore producer joins Big Buoy
Big Buoy has recruited post producer Ian Harland from Framestore CFC.
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Thomson to sell Grass Valley
Thomson has put its Grass Valley division up for sale after revealing a fall in year-on-year revenues and admitting that it is ‘likely' to breach a debt covenant.
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Ionoco adds real-time voting apps
Ionoco is launching new voting and opinion polling applications within its viewer participation products.
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Quantel opts out of NAB
The global financial crisis continues to have an impact on the broadcast equipment manufacturing sector with Quantel the latest company to announce that it will not be exhibiting at NAB this year.
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Rent adds prime lenses and adaptors
Rent, The Farm Group's one-year-old equipment hire division, has added new lens kit to its camera rental stock.
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Kangaroo decision tomorrow
Broadcasters will learn tomorrow morning whether they will get the go-ahead for the joint video-on-demand service developed as Project Kangaroo.
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Stigma attached in move from TV to film
A stigma when moving from TV to film still exists in the industry, according to recent research.
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ITV hands Big Tackle to rugby star
England rugby stars Austin Healey and Matt Dawson have been selected to present new sports programmes on ITV4.
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Thomas the Tank Engine steams ahead
Thomas & Friends has stayed on track as the UK's top preschool license for the ninth year running, according to marketing group NPD.
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ITV Westcountry moves into indie offices
Budget cuts across the ITV's regional operations is to see ITV Westcountry move into the Plymouth offices of indie Twofour.