>>by opening up some data about their services and allowing 3rd party aggregators (assuming rights holders don't spit tacks over the idea). I agree with the idea of opening up more meta data. video assets are trickier when ads come into play though. who would sell the advertising, where would it be displayed, how would it be monitored, how would the rights owners ensure that everyone on the CDN was the right kind of target platform for the ads etc. tough issues. at the moment those kinds of concerns prohibit many kinds of open syndication possibilities. rights holders for some content have already started putting some of their content onto 3rd parties. ie this Peep Show (traditionally a channel4 show) on Joost. http://www.joost.com/129byl2/t/Peep-Show-103#id=129byl2 more of this is bound to happen. unfortunately the richness of meta data that exists on channel4.com for peep show http://www.channel4.com/programmes/peep-show isn't available on other sites, so the user's experience of discovering and consuming these programmes is going to be quite varied, which is a shame. i look forward to seeing how all the moving parts in this end up re-linking over the next months though. >>In the end the biggest loser is going to be the Competition Commission as I bet history will view them as "not getting the online marketplace". sadly true
________________________________ From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Scot McSweeney-Roberts Sent: 04 February 2009 16:44 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Competition Commission bounces Project Kangeroo On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:53, Jeremy James <j...@forbidden.co.uk> wrote: See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7869181.stm A victory or a loss for consumer choice? -jeremy Neither. Having 3 URLs instead of 1 isn't going make much of a difference from the consumers point of view (which is why I fail to see how Kangaroo would have been more "damaging to competition" than 3 separate services). The Big 3 could probably simulate Kangaroo by opening up some data about their services and allowing 3rd party aggregators (assuming rights holders don't spit tacks over the idea). In the end the biggest loser is going to be the Competition Commission as I bet history will view them as "not getting the online marketplace". Scot ##################################################################################### Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify postmas...@channel4.co.uk Thank You. Channel Four Television Corporation, created by statute under English law, is at 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2TX . 4 Ventures Limited (Company No. 04106849), incorporated in England and Wales has its registered office at 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX. VAT no: GB 626475817 #####################################################################################
