Ofcom and Sky may have recently warned Project Canvas could need Office of Fair Trading scrutiny - but the final terms of the Project Kangaroo shutdown suggest the OFT will already have significant control over the way BBC, ITV (LSE: ITV) and Channel 4 collaborate on VOD in future. The Competition Commission’s draft final undertakings instruction, on how the Kangaroo partners should now act following its prohibition, published Friday, includes the following stipulations and others…

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—“Except with the prior written consent of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), neither the BBC nor BBCW shall acquire control of both (a) all or any part of the video on
demand (VOD) activities carried on by ITV, and (b) all or any part of the VOD activities carried on by C4C.”

—“Except with the prior written consent of the OFT, each of BBC and BBCW shall procure that none of its directors or managers holds or is nominated to any directorship or managerial position in any company or other undertaking carrying on or having control of all or any part of the VOD activities of both ITV and C4C.”

—“The BBC and/or BBCW shall give notice to the OFT of any acquisition by BBC and/or BBCW of control of all or any part of the VOD activities carried on by either ITV or C4C not later than the date that such an acquisition takes place.”