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Deutsche Telekom, industry associations consider legal action against EU approval of Vodafone/Unitymedia merger

July 19, 2019 11.42 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Deutsche Telekom and several industry associations are considering taking legal action against the European Commission’s decision to approve Vodafone’s acquisition of German cable operator Unitymedia.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation Tagged With: Breko, Deutsche Telekom, DNMG, EU Commission, FRK, Heinz-Peter Labonte, Ingo Schuchert, Tele Columbus, Unitymedia, Vaunet, Vodafone Edited: 14 April 2021 14:54

FRK opposes Vodafone’s proposed Telefónica deal

May 9, 2019 11.27 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator association FRK rejects the concessions proposed by Vodafone to the European Commission to secure approval of its planned acquisition of Unitymedia from Liberty Global.

Filed Under: Cable, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation Tagged With: European Commission, FRK, Heinz-Peter Labonte, Liberty Global, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 9 May 2019 11:30

FRK welcomes full EC review of Vodafone/Liberty deal

December 14, 2018 09.30 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator association FRK welcomes the decision by the European Commission (EC) to launch an in-depth investigation into Vodafone’s proposed acquisition of Liberty Global’s German subsidiary Unitymedia.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation Tagged With: acquisition, European Commission, FRK, Heinz-Peter Labonte, investigation, Liberty Global, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 14 December 2018 16:31

FRK gains TV carriage rights from content4tv

September 19, 2018 09.40 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German TV carriage rights supplier content4tv and German cable operator association FRK have agreed on a long-term cooperation.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: Content4tv, FRK, Heinz-Peter Labonte, Martina Rutenbeck Edited: 19 September 2018 09:46

FRK demands strong conditions for Unitymedia Vodafone merger

September 18, 2018 17.38 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator association FRK calls for tough conditions from the competition and regulatory authorities to be imposed on Vodafone in the antitrust review of the planned acquisition of Unitymedia.

Filed Under: Cable, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation Tagged With: conditions, EU Commission, Federal Cartel Office, FRK, Heinz-Peter Labonte, open access, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 19 September 2018 18:55

FRK takes anti-trust action against ARD/ZDF in carriage fee row

June 28, 2018 08.27 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator association FRK wants to achieve that small and medium-sized cable operators receive carriage fees from public broadcasters ARD and ZDF just like the two largest players Vodafone and Unitymedia.

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, Federal Cartel Office, FRK, Heinz-Peter Labonte, Unitymedia, Vodafone, ZDF Edited: 28 June 2018 08:26

Heinz-Peter Labonte stays FRK chairman

May 16, 2018 10.27 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The board members of German cable operator association FRK have confirmed Heinz-Peter Labonte as the chairman at this year’s general meeting in Königswinter.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, People Tagged With: Daniel Niebuhr, Frank Mietho, Franz Ziener, FRK, Heinz-Peter Labonte, Info-Kabel, KNM Kabelnetmanager, LKG, Ralph Buder, Reinhardt Plückhahn, Rico Gerhardt, Wolfgang Lenk Edited: 16 May 2018 10:27

FRK calls for open access after Liberty Global/Vodafone deal

April 25, 2018 13.26 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator association FRK has called for open access to be imposed as one of the concessions for regulatory approval of the rumoured acquisition of Liberty Global’s German cable subsidiary Unitymedia by Vodafone.

Filed Under: Cable, Finance, Newsline, Platforms, Regulation Tagged With: FRK, gigabit, Heinz-Peter Labonte, Kabel Deutschland, Liberty Global, open access, Unitymedia, Vodafone Edited: 25 April 2018 13:27

ARD and ZDF defend Facebook presence

April 10, 2018 21.36 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF see Facebook as an important information and communication platform and reject the demand by cable operator association FRK to leave the social media network in view of the latest data scandal and the unclear exploitation of user data.

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, Social TV Tagged With: ARD, data scandal, Facebook, FRK, Heinz-Peter Labonte, Ulrich Wilhelm, user data, withdrawal, ZDF Edited: 12 April 2018 12:06

German FRK calls for ARD and ZDF to leave Facebook

April 10, 2018 08.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator association FRK calls for public broadcasters ARD and ZDF to immediately withdraw from Facebook.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Social TV, Top Story, TV Tagged With: ARD, Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, FRK, Heinz-Peter Labonte, Sheryl Sandberg, Social Media, user data, ZDF Edited: 11 April 2018 09:35

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