SeeSaw Shuts After Buy-Out Cash Fails To Arrive
Looks like it is finally all over for troubled UK TV VOD aggregator SeeSaw, whose homepage now reads: “Thanks for your support but SeeSaw is…
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BBC Cuts: Digital To Get £40 Million Annual ‘Innovation Fund’
Today’s big round of cuts announced by the BBC — it will lose some 2,000 jobs, order relocations for others, and make big changes to the pr…
SeeSaw Crunch Time: Execs Leave Amid Restructure As Channel 5 Disappears
Now is kill-or-cure time for troubled UK TV-VOD service SeeSaw, which has not received promised investment.
Platform controller John Keelin…
Where Are SeeSaw’s Missing Millions?
The TV-VOD rollercoaster that is SeeSaw is still waiting for an overdue promised investment to arrive. But it will likely need to cut costs…
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Bebo Owner Bidding For UK TV Streamer SeeSaw
The private equity turnaround company which took Bebo off AOL’s hands is negotiating a buy-out of the underperforming UK TV site SeeSaw, whi…
Why SeeSaw Failed And What It Means
UK transmitter operator Arqiva is pulling the plug on SeeSaw, the commercial TV VOD aggregator that was formed from Project Kangaroo’s ashes…
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With A Million Streams, SeeSaw Changes Its Ad Sales House
In the course of announcing it has contracted Smartclip to sell ads on most of its videos, would-be TV aggregator SeeSaw has finally disclos…
Arqiva Seeks Investment For SeeSaw; Sale Is One Option
Arqiva is hunting for an investment partner for its online TV venture SeeSaw, with options including a complete sale of the operation though…
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SeeSaw Tries A 1p On-Ramp To Premium
Arqiva’s TV catch-up website SeeSaw continues its curious pitch for paying customers.
The site last recently started charging viewers £2.9…
SeeSaw’s Solution For Ads Bloat – Users Pick Them Or Pay To Hide Them
In the catch-up TV aggregation stakes, Arqiva’s SeeSaw has been struggling against broadcasters’ own offerings and YouTube.
The website has…
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Arqiva Pitching To Re-Sell SeeSaw Technology
Communications infrastructure provider Arqiva is aiming to license the technology underpinning its SeeSaw VOD site to international broadcas…
SeeSaw Launches Paid Options, Starting At £0.99
By Mark Sweney: SeeSaw, the video-on-demand website born from the ashes of the failed Project Kangaroo, has launched a paid-for service with…
First Look: Watch The First TV Ad For New VOD Site SeeSaw
Here’s the first of what will be several 10-second ad spots for new VOD website SeeSaw. This ad will run on Channel 4 today, followed by ITV…
SeeSaw’s No-Frills TV Site Planning PPV, Subs, U.S. Shows
SeeSaw will introduce PPV in Q2 and is investigating offering a subscription addition later, bosses of Arqiva’s new TV VOD website said at t…
SeeSaw Finally Announces Some Content, But Only A Few BBCWW Shows
Arqiva’s unlikely son-of-Kangaroo online VOD portal SeeSaw has finally struck its first content deal. Its licensing BBC Worldwide shows for…
SeeSaw Shows Its Logo, Now All It Needs Is Some Content
Finally, two years after it was first proposed, we have a logo for SeeSaw. The webite is live at seesaw.com, with the branding, a Twitter li…
VOD In Slow-Mo: SeeSaw’s Launch Hazy, ITV Protects Its ‘Crown Jewels’
Even Arqiva appears unconvinced that it can launch SeeSaw from the remains of Project Kangaroo before year’s end – just one indication that,…
Kangaroo 2.0 Is SeeSaw After All, But Where’s The Content?
TV transmitter infrastructure company Arqiva, which recently bought the technology platform for the knocked-out Project Kangaroo online VOD…
BBCWW 08/09: BBC.com Ads Top £10 Million, Kangaroo Shutdown Cost £9.1 Million
BBC Worldwide is blaming its wasted Kangaroo investment and its BBC.com build-out for a loss of over £30 million from its 2008/09 digital m…
UK’s Kangaroo VOD Service Killed By Regulators; An Opportunity For Hulu?
The UK’s proposed big “Kangaroo” VOD JV, stuck in regulatory limbo since announcing its intention to launch in 2007, has now been killed for…
‘UK Hulu’ Kangaroo Ruled Anti-Competitive; Back To The Drawing Board
Project Kangaroo, a Hulu-like UK VOD JV from BBC Worldwide, ITV (LSE: ITV) and Channel 4, would reduce competition and harm consumers, Brita…
@ Mipcom: UK’s ‘Hulu’ Kangaroo Plans To Offer US Shows, Movies
The UK’s upcoming Hulu equivalent codenamed Kangaroo will offer US TV shows and movies, despite being formed by three British public broadca…
‘UK Hulu’ Kangaroo Further Delayed In Competition Inquiry
UK VOD JV Kangaroo, which was already facing an antitrust inquiry of six months before even launching, is now being delayed by a further mon…
UK’s ‘Hulu’ Kangaroo Delayed By Anti-Trust Inquiry
In the UK, the launch of the “Kangaroo” VOD JV between BBC Worldwide, ITV (LSE: ITV) and Channel 4 faces significant delay after the governm…
Vid-Biz: Google, ManiaTV, YouNews
Google to Take TV Ad Auction Public; service lets anyone bid to buy a spot on one of 94 networks and have…
