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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.

Filed Under: Channels, Finance, Platforms, Regulation/Legal, Top Story Tagged With: Andreas Mundt, DAZN, Federal German Cartel Office, Sky Deutschland, UEFA Champions League Edited: May 14, 2020 21:13

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.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal, Telco, Top Story Tagged With: Andreas Mundt, Deutsche Telekom, European Commission, Federal Cartel Office, Liberty Global, Margrethe Vestager, Mike Fries, Telefónica Deutschland, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: December 12, 2018 12:43

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 case to the German authority.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal Tagged With: acquisition, Andreas Mundt, European Comission, Federal Cartel Office, Liberty Global, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: November 8, 2018 15:59

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 broadcast of the UEFA Champions League in Germany.

Filed Under: Channels, Platforms, Regulation/Legal, Top Story Tagged With: Andreas Mundt, DAZN, Federal Cartel Office, Perform Group, Rights, Sky Deutschland, UEFA Champions League Edited: October 16, 2018 11:53

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 Eurosport Player.

Filed Under: Channels, Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Regulation/Legal, Streaming, Top Story Tagged With: 7TV, Andreas Mundt, Discovery Communications, Eurosport Player, Federal Cartel Office, Hulu, Maxdome, ProSiebenSat.1 Edited: July 24, 2018 20:36

German Cartel Office investigates smart TVs

December 13, 2017 09.59 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Federal German Cartel Office wants to find out whether smart TV manufacturers violate consumer protection laws when handling personal user data.

Filed Under: Connected TV, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation/Legal Tagged With: Andreas Mundt, consumer protection, Federal Cartel Office, Smart TV, user data Edited: December 14, 2017 10:25

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