Kangaroo gets the high jump

04 Feb 2009 | 10.32 Europe/London

The UK Competition Commission has blocked the planned Channel 4 / BBC World / ITV joint venture video on demand project, on the grounds that it would result in a "Substantial lessening of competition."

Full text of the report can be downloaded as a PDF file and the shorter press release is available as a PDF download here. For a brief summary you can read a brief BBC news item.