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Collective agreements between race-courses on media rights are not anti-competitive says Court of Appeal

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 9 2009

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

TicketmasterLive Nation merger referred to Competition Commission

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 13 2009

The proposed merger between Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc and Live Nation Inc has been referred to the Competition Commission (CC) for a full investigation

Media merger regime review

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 30 2009

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published a discussion paper into the local and regional media merger regime (Media Paper) for consultation

Final undertakings for Project Kangaroo

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 23 2009

The Competition Commission (CC) has accepted final undertakings which bring an end to Project Kangaroo, a proposed joint venture between Channel 4 Television Corporation, ITV plc and the British Broadcasting Corporation to provide video on demand services to the UK market

Competition Commission confirms clearance of TicketmasterLive Nation merger

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 24 2010

The Competition Commission (CC) has cleared the merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation for the second time following an appeal against its original decision by CTS Eventim (Eventim), a German-based ticketing agent

Turnaround over merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 13 2010

The Competition Commission (CC) reversed its initial findings and approved the proposed merger between Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc and Live Nation, Inc

Open internet-connected television platform joint venture not caught by merger rules

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 7 2010

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) had concluded that the start-up joint venture known as "Project Canvas" does not fall under the scope of the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002

BSkyB ordered to reduce ITV stake to 7.5

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 28 2010

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

French scheme to subsidise music downloads

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • October 25 2010

The European Commission has approved a novel scheme that subsidises legal downloads of music by French residents aged 12 to 25 years, in order to combat music piracy

Sky faces competition probe following OFCOM decision on pay-TV movies

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 9 2010

The UK's media regulator, Ofcom, has decided to refer the market for pay-TV movies to the Competition Commission (CC) amid concerns over the effect of Sky's dominant position