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So would this replace Iplayer, ITVX, Channel 4 All 5 and Britbox?

No. This is basically Freeview but over the internet and IPTV, rather than nearby transmitters. Gives them a first stab at a full IPTV service in preparation for when the Government inevitably pulls the plug on terrestrial TV transmission to make way for 6G or whatever we end up with by then. 

Obvious benefits- every channel SHOULD be available in HD minimum; better integration with iPlayer, Channel 4 Online and ITVX; possibly more channels. I suspect a postcode or pick-your-region system will be implemented for regional variants and to shove S4C on EPG slot 4 in Wales. 

Obvious issue is internet coverage in rural areas is hit-and-miss, although this should be ironed out well before the Government pull the plug on the transmitters.

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Project Kangaroo should have been allowed back in 2009.

It would have put the PSB's at the forefront of the streaming revolution, instead it let the global players in without regulation and allowed them to dominate.

It didn’t make a whole lot of sense at the time and you could argue it denied the UK the one real chance at producing something half-capable of taking on Netflix and co. Together with Ofcom taking an eternity in regulating said services, it’s permanently put the UK on the backfoot. 

I know iPlayer, Channel 4 Online and ITVX are popular and generally good services, but Kangaroo was a massive, massive, MASSIVE missed opportunity.