Reading through the newspaper I discovered that BBC, ITV and Channel 4 planned to combine and provide an online service to watch programmes at a later time; a similar service to BBC iplayer.
However the competition commission said that the project (named Kangeroo if you were wondering :P) should not go ahead. The commission’s reasoning was that as these three companies already controlled most of the programmes being shown on UK TV. Therefore by combining their efforts online, they would effectively be stopping other possible video services from developing. Basically they would be a threat to competition.
At the moment, the BBC offer iPlayer, Channel 4 have their 4oD service and ITV have their home website. Surely being to download from site would be better for the consumers? Also the fact that the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are the major broadcasters in the UK means that they have adequate funds to provide the best online service possible. I’m sorry but am I missing something here –working together on such a project would ultimately be better for the customer, would it not?
However the competition commission said that the project (named Kangeroo if you were wondering :P) should not go ahead. The commission’s reasoning was that as these three companies already controlled most of the programmes being shown on UK TV. Therefore by combining their efforts online, they would effectively be stopping other possible video services from developing. Basically they would be a threat to competition.
At the moment, the BBC offer iPlayer, Channel 4 have their 4oD service and ITV have their home website. Surely being to download from site would be better for the consumers? Also the fact that the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are the major broadcasters in the UK means that they have adequate funds to provide the best online service possible. I’m sorry but am I missing something here –working together on such a project would ultimately be better for the customer, would it not?
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Sounds like a good idea having just one site?
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