Time Up for Europe’s Member States to Bring TV Rules Into the Digital Age

Two years after the adoption of modernizing EU TV rules ( IP/07/1809 ) removing outdated restrictions on digital TV over the internet, video on demand and mobile TV, only three countries – Belgium, Romania and Slovakia – have officially notified the...

Competition Commission Blocks the Proposed Video on Demand Service ‘Project Kangaroo’

The Competition Commission (CC) has decided to block the proposed video on demand (VOD) joint venture between the BBC through BBC Worldwide Limited (BBCW), ITV plc (ITV) and Channel Four Television Corporation (C4)-UKVOD, also known as ‘Project...

‘Project Kangaroo’-will Restrict Competition in the Supply of ‘video on Demand’ Services in the UK

The Competition Commission (CC) has provisionally concluded that the proposed video on demand (VOD) joint venture between the BBC through BBC Worldwide Limited (BBCW), ITV plc (ITV) and Channel Four Television Corporation (C4)-UKVOD, also known as ‘Project...

U.K. Met Office Launches World’s First Bespoke On-demand Weather Service for Mobile Usage

The U.K. Met Office is about to deliver the world’s first free of charge video on-demand weather service for mobiles. The new service, powered by the mobile TV specialist, Gorillabox, will be available through its own branded mobile portal.

Competition Committee Reports on ‘Project Kangaroo’ Joint Venture Between BBC Worldwide, ITV And Channel Four

The Competition Commission (CC) has published an issues statement as part of its inquiry into the proposed video on demand (VOD) joint venture between the BBC through BBC Worldwide Limited (BBCW), ITV plc (ITV) and Channel Four Television Corporation...

Government Plans to Regulate Video-on-demand Services And Product Placement on British Television

Plans to regulate video-on-demand services and product placement on British television are set out in a consultation document published by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham today. The proposals are part of a comprehensive consultation on how the UK should...

OFT Refers ‘video On-demand’ Joint Venture Between BBC Worldwide, ITV And Channel Four

The OFT has today referred the proposed video on demand (VOD) joint venture between BBC Worldwide Limited (BBCW), ITV plc (ITV) and Channel 4 Television Corporation (Channel 4) – also known as Project ‘Kangaroo’ – to the Competition...

Penguins Can Fly

Top of the pile when it came to today’s April Fool jokes was an inspired effort from the BBC which cleverly used special effects to make something happen that wouldn’t naturally be the case, namely to make penguins fly.

Younger Viewers Work Harder to Catch Up on Their Favorite Shows

Younger adult viewers are two-and-a-half times more likely than older viewers to be technologically proactive in catching up on television shows they missed, a new study by The Nielsen Company indicated today. The same study reported that more than half...