The German federal cartel office has deemed the remedy package offered by Kabel Deutschland for the Tele Columbus acquisition as insufficient.
KDG offers remedy package
Kabel Deutschland KDG has submitted a remedy package for the planned Tele Columbus acquisition to the Bundeskartellamt.
€55m fine for ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL Deutschland
The German cartel commission Bundeskartellamt has slapped fines totalling €55 million on the country’s two major private broadcasters, ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL Deutschland, because of an illegal agreement between the two parties about encryption of their TV signals.
Bundeskartellamt probes ARD/ZDF VOD plans
The German Bundeskartellamt (Federal cartel authority) has opened antitrust proceedings reviewing the proposed VOD platform of public broadcasters ARD and ZDF.
Bundeskartellamt to decide on LGI and KabelBW
The German monopoly commission Bundeskartellamt is to decide on Liberty Global’s planned acquisition of KabelBW. The European Commission said it was a national matter for Germany.
Bundeskartellamt raids RTL, okays ARD/ZDF
The German competition authority Bundeskartellamt has again raided the offices of the RTL Group in Cologne as part of a probe into the broadcaster’s plans to encrypt its signals. RTL confirmed to Focus magazine that the raid took place in February this year. Meanwhile, local press reports suggest the Kartellamt is to give its blessing […]
German broadcasters fight Bundeskartellamt
The two biggest German private broadcasters RTL Deutschland and ProSiebenSat.1 Media have decided to fight the decision of the monopoly commission Bundeskartellamt to block their plan for a common online web TV platform.