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EC approves Kabel Deutschland – Vodafone deal

September 23, 2013 08.53 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Kabel DeutschlandThe European Commission has cleared the €7.7 billion acquisition of Kabel Deutschland by Vodafone.

Last week Vodafone said that it had secured 76.48% of KD shares, above the 75% minimum acceptance condition that had been set.

The Commission’s investigation confirmed that the activities of the merging parties were mainly complementary.

While Kabel Deutschland primarily offers cable TV, fixed line telephony and Internet access services, Vodafone’s core business consists of mobile telephony services.

To a certain extent, it also offers fixed line telephony and Internet access, as well as IPTV.

The Commission found that in markets where the parties’ activities overlap, the increase in market share resulting from the proposed transaction is insignificant and will therefore not appreciably alter competition.

As Vodafone’s demand of wholesale pay TV channels and its share in the retail supply of pay TV services are very limited, the Commission concluded that the transaction would not lead to anti-competitive effects.

Further, the Commission found that the merged entity would not be in a position to leverage Kabel Deutschland’s market power in the wholesale market for TV signal transmission by cable into the IPTV market, where Vodafone has only limited activities.

Moreover, the Commission found that Vodafone does not compete with Kabel Deutschland for the retail supply of signal transmission to multiple-dwelling-units and for single-dwelling-units, the increment to the already strong position of Kabel Deutschland would be insignificant, even under the narrowest possible market definition including the activities of both parties (the TV signal transmission via cable and IPTV in the network area of Kabel Deutschland).

In these markets, Vodafone is not a close competitor of Kabel Deutschland, and a number of closer competitors, including Deutsche Telekom and regional cable operators, will remain in the market post transaction.

Regarding a possible market for multiple play offerings combining fixed voice telephony, fixed line Internet access, mobile telephony and/or television, the Commission found that Kabel Deutschland is currently not a competitor to Vodafone, as it does not offer triple and quadruple play.

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Filed Under: Finance, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: Germany, Kabel Deutschland, Vodafone Edited: 26 September 2013 09:26

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Arnhem-based Robert covers the Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as IPTV, web TV, connected TV and OTT. Email Robert at rbriel@broadbandtvnews.com.

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