The Register, among many other news sites, reports that UK TV giants BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are to launch an on-demand video streaming service sometime in 2008.

Details are scarce in today’s announcement, but we’re promised “an exciting collection of over 10,000 hours of the very best of the UK broadcasters’ current and archive programming”. We’ve known about the project, codenamed “Project Kangaroo”, for some months now. The launch name hasn’t been revealed yet.

Will they get it right this time?
I’m perfectly ok with free streaming and pay for download/rental – one question though, are they finally going to shunt DRM protection?

I’d like to think the BBC has learned something from the verbal abuse it’s taken after the iPlayer was launched – or perhaps they’ll just do as they please and throw some rubbish like this at me:

14. Does Napster work with iPod?
Napster would like to work with your iPod, but Apple has chosen to keep both the iPod and iTunes closed off from Napster and every other digital music service. Napster’s philosophy is different. A Napster subscription gives you more ways to discover and enjoy music on more players. For a list of Napster-compatible players, click here.

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