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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

Consumer protectors criticise maintenance of geo-blocking in Europe

March 27, 2018 11.28 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv) has criticised the fact that freely accessible audiovisual online content such as TV live streams or catch-up services can continue to be restricted to domestic viewers by geo-blocking,

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, OTT, Platforms, Regulation/Legal, Streaming, Top Story, TV Everywhere Tagged With: Amazon Prime Video, content portability, Digital Single Market, European Comission, European Council, European Parliament, geo-blocking, Martin Madej, Netflix, Sky Go, vzbv Edited: March 28, 2018 09:49

Euro probe into pay TV services launched

January 13, 2014 17.18 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation concerning the cross-border provision of pay TV services.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Regulation/Legal, Top Story Tagged With: Canal+, European Comission, Sky Edited: January 17, 2014 10:24

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