Re: [backstage] Competition Commission bounces Project Kangeroo

2009-02-05 Thread Matt Hammond
Wasn't the point of Kangaroo that it would offer programmes for sale, after the time-window for iPlayer-style "catch-up" services had expired? I'm not sure. I thought it was supposed to be some standard for IPTV set top boxes, but all the reports make it out to be an extended version of iP

Re: [backstage] Competition Commission bounces Project Kangeroo

2009-02-04 Thread L Blaney
Surely they would still be competing to get people to watch their shows. One shop can sell DVDs from all three, and thats not uncompetitive. Luke Jeremy James wrote: See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7869181.stm A victory or a loss for consumer choice? -jeremy P.S. Also; opport

Re: [backstage] Competition Commission bounces Project Kangeroo

2009-02-04 Thread Scot McSweeney-Roberts
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 16:59, Steve Jolly wrote: > Scot McSweeney-Roberts wrote: > >> 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 sep

RE: [backstage] Competition Commission bounces Project Kangeroo

2009-02-04 Thread Andrew Pipes
..@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 wrote: See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7

Re: [backstage] Competition Commission bounces Project Kangeroo

2009-02-04 Thread Steve Jolly
Scot McSweeney-Roberts wrote: 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). Wasn't the point of Kangaroo that it woul

Re: [backstage] Competition Commission bounces Project Kangeroo

2009-02-04 Thread Steve Jolly
Scot McSweeney-Roberts wrote: 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). Wasn't the point of Kangaroo that it woul

Re: [backstage] Competition Commission bounces Project Kangeroo

2009-02-04 Thread Scot McSweeney-Roberts
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:53, Jeremy James 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 t

[backstage] Competition Commission bounces Project Kangeroo

2009-02-04 Thread Jeremy James
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7869181.stm A victory or a loss for consumer choice? -jeremy P.S. Also; opportunities for a marsupial pun thread. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_