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On 28 July 2009, the Court of Appeal (CA) rejected an appeal by Bookmakers' Afternoon Greyhound services & others claiming that arrangements amongst racecourses for the sale and licensing of media rights amounted to an abuse of Article 81(1) EC Treaty
On 21 January 2010 the Court of Appeal (CA) confirmed that British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (BSkyB) must reduce its stake in ITV plc (ITV) from 17.9 to below 7.5
On 15 June 2010, the General Court dismissed an appeal by Mediaset SpA against a European Commission decision finding that subsidies for consumers in Italy for the purchase of certain digital terrestrial decoders constituted unlawful State aid
On 3 February 2011, Advocate General (AG) Kokott gave her Opinion (Cases C-40308 & C-42908) on questions referred from the High Court on the compatibility with EU law of territorial exclusivity agreements relating to the transmission of football matches
The grant of absolute territorial exclusivity in licences for broadcasting rights to Premier League football is coming under review following a recent ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ
