Germany: TV concentration cleared
Wednesday, 1 December 1999
Featured In: December 1998 / January 1999 (Vol. 1 Iss. 6)
The Budeskartellamt’s decision marks a further step on the road towards concentration in the German free TV market. Although Bertelsmann and Kirch were unsuccessful in their plans to jointly dominate the growing pay-TV market, it is doubtful whether the current structure of the free TV market allows for real competition in any case, especially since the Kirch Group is also a leading provider of movies and TV entertainment programmes in Germany.
Philipp Cotta
Deringer Tessin Herrmann & Sedemund
Berlin
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