The review has received a deluge of submissions from UK VOD players complaining the JV could unfairly set advertising rates and prices for acquiring TV shows for VOD. Kangaroo has argued it would not be a “cartel” because it would separate the acquisition of rights for VOD and linear TV. paidContent:UK understands the BBC may be ready to make some concessions, before the review deadline, on its earlier hope to have exclusivity over shows.

Another date in the BBC’s diary - the BBC Trust and Ofcom will publish the public value assessment and market impact assessment respectively in to its proposed £68 million BBC Local video news project on November 27. They are part of the wider public value test the trust must apply to each new product launch. Again, this proposal has been met with horror from local newspaper execs - already witnessing the steady erosion of their classifieds base - who claim the plan could kill off their own nascent web video initiatives.