Sky's "stranglehold" over the pay-TV movie industry is to be weakened following a report published by the Competition Commission.

Sky has deals with six of the top Hollywood studios for exclusivity periods on their movies, and the CC has estimated...

Project Kangaroo has been blocked by the Competition Commission.

The online TV project - a joint venture between ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide - has been deemed "too much of a threat to competition in this developing market".

A serious spanner has been thrown in the works for Project Kangaroo, the joint video on demand service from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, as it has failed to gain approval from the Competition Commission.

The regulator has ruled that the scheme,...