A court judgement in the US has opened the way for movie studios to own cinema chains for the first time since the 1940s, leading to fears that the sector could become dominated by the likes of Amazon, squeezing out smaller independent studios from theatrical distribution. The US District Court Southern District of New York […]
The US District Court’s greenlighting of AT&T’s merger with Time Warner merger was only possible because of Judge Richard Leon’s “erroneously ignoring fundamental principles of economics and common sense”, according to the Department of Justice. Outlining the reasons for its appeal against the judge’s rejection of its case that the merger should not go through […]
The possibility that the US Department of Justice will succeed in overturning a court decision that enabled AT&T to go ahead with its acquisition of Time Warner is “remote”, according to AT&T chief executive Randall Stephenson. Stephenson told CNBC that the DOJ’s intervention “changes nothing” in relation to the company’s plans to integrate Time Warner […]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is to appeal the court decision approving the merger of AT&T and Time Warner in a move that surprised the US telecom giant. “The Court’s decision could hardly have been more thorough, fact-based, and well-reasoned. While the losing party in litigation always has the right to appeal if it […]
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has approved Disney’s bid for Fox assets, so long as it divests 21st Century Fox’s 22 regional sports networks. A lawsuit was filed by the DoJ’s Antitrust Division to block the acquisition if the mouse house did not divest Fox’s sports assets. Approval was granted once Disney agreed to […]
Discovery Communications’ US$14.6 billion (€12.4 billion) acquisition of fellow US-based cable group, Scripps Networks Interactive, has been cleared by the US Department of Justice (DoJ). Commenting on the DoJ’s decision to close its investigation, Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav said it was a “significant regulatory milestone” and an “integral step toward closing our transaction”. […]
The US Department for Justice (DoJ) has blocked AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner and filed a lawsuit to prevent it. The justice department has said that the merger, valued at US$85 billion, will reduce competition and raise prices for consumers. Makan Delrahim, the assistant attorney general for the Department for Justice’s antitrust division, said: “It would […]
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has hit out at suggestions that his company could sell CNN and poured cold water on reports that the US Department of Justice was calling for a disposal of the news channel as the price for giving a green light to AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner. Stephenson, attending the New York […]
Arris and Pace have each received a second request for information from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) about Arris’ US$2.1 billion (€1.9 billion) takeover of its set-top box rival. The additional information request is part of the regulatory process under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act – which requires any investor seeking to acquire a […]
ICYMI: Amazon launches QLED TV range in UK, Germany and Mexico as it passes 200m milestone digitaltveurope.com/2023/03/23/ama… https://t.co/woMxE1FQyV
23 March 2023 @ 22:00:01 UTC
ICYMI: @netflix reportedly passes one million ad-supported subs digitaltveurope.com/2023/03/23/net… https://t.co/Dtw7EJXBEi
23 March 2023 @ 21:00:01 UTC
.@TF1: free entertainment that promotes French culture to compete with streamers digitaltveurope.com/2023/03/23/tf1… https://t.co/EoVbkezvSx
23 March 2023 @ 20:00:00 UTC
.@zattoo adds three new FAST channels from Mainstream Media digitaltveurope.com/2023/03/23/zat…
23 March 2023 @ 19:00:00 UTC
Pay-TV subscribers in Eastern Europe is to fall by 8m by 2028 digitaltveurope.com/2023/03/23/pay… https://t.co/iWObUAcAu2
23 March 2023 @ 18:00:01 UTC
