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South Africa passes Media24 publishing deal despite intervention
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has cleared Media24 and Paarl Coldset’s acquisition of Natal Witness Printing and Publishing with detailed conditions, partially rejecting the advice of intervening rivals.
ComCo investigates media market abuse
Friday, 24 February 2012
Switzerland’s Competition Commission (ComCo) has opened an investigation of national news agency SDA-ATS for alleged abusive practices in the country’s media market.
Media scrutiny intensifies in South Africa
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
South Africa’s Competition Commission has announced it is carrying out two investigations of the media industry, regarding alleged predatory pricing and market allocation.
Caxton weighs in on SA publishing merger
Tuesday, 06 September 2011
South African publisher Caxton has today requested to intervene in the Competition Tribunal’s review of Media 24 and Paarl Coldset’s purchase of The Natal Witness newspaper.
Promoting competition requires all hands on deck
Premium Article - Wednesday, 18 May 2011
National competition authorities are just one of many organisations that should accept responsibility for raising awareness of antitrust laws. Faaez Samadi in The Hague.
Hunt willing to negotiate over News Corp/BSkyB
Premium Article - Tuesday, 25 January 2011
The UK’s culture secretary says that he will send the merger between News Corp and BSkyB to the Competition Commission for review if the two sides cannot agree to a divestment package that would satisfy the government’s concerns.
News Corp proposes selling off Sky News to avoid UK review
Premium Article - Friday, 21 January 2011
A group of newspapers and other media companies have expressed concern to the UK government over a News Corp proposal to sell off the Sky News network in order to win approval for its merger with broadcaster BSkyB.
British media unites against BSkyB takeover
Premium Article - Tuesday, 12 October 2010
UK newspapers, Channel Four and the BBC have written a joint letter calling on the government to block News Corporation’s £7.8 billion bid to take full control of British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB).
Bell Canada looks to CTV to expand
Premium Article - Monday, 13 September 2010
Competition teams from around Canada have lined up to help telecommunications company Bell Canada re-enter the media market by purchasing CTV, the country’s largest private television station.
Argentina’s government targets national print media
Premium Article - Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Argentina’s President, Cristina Kirchner, has accused two newspapers that control the country’s only newsprint mill of anti-competitive practices.
France clears TF1 deal
Premium Article - Tuesday, 26 January 2010
France’s Competition Authority has cleared television channel TF1’s bid to buy two digital channels, NT1 and TMC.
Ireland clears newspaper merger
Premium Article - Monday, 09 November 2009
Ireland’s Competition Authority has conditionally cleared the merger of two free newspapers.
Access may be an issue in Comcast/NBC deal
Premium Article - Monday, 05 October 2009
If US cable operator Comcast does attempt to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal, the deal would be likely to face a review by antitrust enforcers, specialists say.
French authority goes to Phase II for first time
Premium Article - Monday, 28 September 2009
France’s Competition Authority has extended its review of private broadcaster TF1’s proposed €192 million acquisition of two rivals. The case is the new authority’s first Phase II analysis.
OFT decides against newspaper market referral
Premium Article - Thursday, 24 September 2009
The UK's Office of Fair Trading says that because there is sufficient competition in the country’s newspaper and magazine distribution sector, it will not refer the industry to the Competition Commission for investigation.
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