BBC Worldwide

U.K. VOD Venture Project Kangaroo's Assets Sold to Arqiva

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 27, 2009 - 7:13am.

London - Project Kangaroo, the online video-on-demand joint venture set up by U.K. broadcasters BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, has been sold for an undisclosed sum to Arqiva.

Report: BBC Developing Ad-Supported Music Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 28, 2008 - 9:35am.

London - BBC Worldwide is working on an ad-supported music service that would offer free streaming or paid downloads of songs and videos from the BBC archives, including live performances from its "Top of the Pops" and "Live Lounge" on Radio 1, New Media Age reported.

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BBC Plans Global, Commercial Version of TV Download Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 17, 2007 - 2:30pm.

London - BBC Worldwide plans to launch a globally-available, commercial version of its free iPlayer service, which lets U.K. residents watch BBC programs for seven days online after their initial broadcast, PaidContent UK reported. The commercial version, for which further plans are expected to be announced yet this year, will "offer on-demand content licensed to it by the BBC on a commercial basis," to be made available after the seven-day period during which it is exclusively available on the free U.K. iPlayer.