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Commission opens formal antitrust proceedings in e-book publishing sector
- Nabarro LLP
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- European Union
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- December 16 2011
The European Commission has opened formal antitrust proceedings to investigate whether five international publishers (Hacette Livre, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin and Macmillan) engaged in anti-competitive, illegal agreements for the sale of e-books
Battle for the books
- Nabarro LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- November 10 2011
Despite strong opposition from The Booksellers Association and other third parties, the OFT approved Amazon.com Inc.’s proposed acquisition of The Book Depository International Limited on 26 October 2011
OFT deals blow to local newspaper industry
- Nabarro LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- October 21 2011
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred KM Group’s proposed acquisition of seven local newspaper titles in Kent to the Competition Commission for an in-depth merger review, resulting in KM Group withdrawing its bid to acquire the series of titles
News CorpBSkyB merger dropped
- Nabarro LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- July 27 2011
Mounting political pressure, a referral to the Competition Commission (CC) and widespread public concern has resulted in News Corporation (News Corp) dropping its bid to acquire BSkyB
Ofcom reviewsTV advertising trading
- Nabarro LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- June 17 2011
Ofcom has launched a consultation on competition in the UK TV advertising trading market, in order to establish whether to refer the sector to the Competition Commission (CC) for detailed investigation
Commission closes Hollywood studios investigation
- Nabarro LLP
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- European Union
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- March 29 2011
Following changes to the agreements, the Commission closed an own-initiative preliminary inquiry into the contracts made between major Hollywood film studios and cinemas which had obtained financing from 'integrators' to install digital technology
E-book retailers raided by the Commission
- Nabarro LLP
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- European Union
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- March 29 2011
On 1 March 2011, the Commission conducted unannounced raids at the premises of several companies active within the e-book (electronic or digital books) industry to collect evidence in relation to suspected breaches of EU competition law prohibiting cartels and other restrictive business practices
Case on exclusive territorial licences for TV rights raises serious issues for rights-holders
- Nabarro LLP
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- European Union
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- March 4 2011
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
Commission communication on sport
- Nabarro LLP
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- European Union
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- February 3 2011
In a Communication dated 18 January 2011, the Commission put forward proposals aimed at strengthening, amongst other things, the economic dimensions of sport
Investigation into publishing agreements for e-books
- Nabarro LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- February 3 2011
In response to complaints, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched an investigation into whether arrangements between particular publishers and retailers for the sale of e-books breach competition rules
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