Andreas Mundt

German Cartel Office blocks joint RTL and RTLzwei TV ad sales

December 18, 2024 12.16 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Federal German Cartel Office has ruled out any current possibility for RTL to manage advertising sales for RTLzwei.

Antitrust veto: Super RTL cancels takeover of Nickelodeon [UPDATE]

September 17, 2024 10.41 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German children’s channel Super RTL will not acquire its competitor Nickelodeon: RTL Deutschland has withdrawn its notification of the project after the Federal German Cartel Office informed RTL and Paramount […]

Bundesliga TV rights: German Cartel Office drops no-single-buyer rule

January 30, 2024 16.16 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

In the current tender for Bundesliga rights from the 2025/26 season, a subscription platform can once again exclusively acquire the rights to all matches.

Champions League rights deal: No antitrust action against Sky and DAZN

April 16, 2020 10.25 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Federal German Cartel Office has terminated its antitrust investigation in the UEFA Champions League rights deal between Sky Deutschland and DAZN.

European Commission opens full deal review of Vodafone, Liberty acquisition

December 11, 2018 20.00 Europe/London By By Robert Briel and Jörn Krieger

The European Commission (EC) has concerns about Vodafone’s proposed acquisition of Liberty Global’s subsidiaries in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania and has therefore opened an in-depth investigation.

German Cartel Office requests referral of Vodafone/Unitymedia merger case

November 8, 2018 10.04 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Federal German Cartel Office intends to examine the takeover of German cable network operator Unitymedia by telecommunications group Vodafone itself and has requested the European Commission to refer the […]

German cartel office examines UEFA Champions League deal between Sky and DAZN

October 16, 2018 11.01 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Federal German cartel office is currently examining the conformity with competition law of the cooperation between Sky Deutschland and Perform Group, operator of sports streaming service DAZN, for the […]

German Cartel Office approves ProSiebenSat.1/ Discovery’s OTT plans

July 23, 2018 13.15 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The German Federal Cartel Office has approved the plans of media groups ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications to expand their joint OTT platform 7TV by integrating their streaming services maxdome and […]