Liberty Global: EU authorises acquisition of Ziggo

(CercleFinance.com) - The Commission has reapproved, with conditions, the acquisition of Ziggo by Liberty Global.


The merger was first approved in 2014. The Commission has reviewed the merger following the cancellation of this authorisation by the General Court in 2017.

Following a new investigation, the European Commission has confirmed the authorisation of the conditional acquisition of the Dutch TV cable operator Ziggo by Liberty Global.

The Commision said that "In 2014 the Commission had concerns that the merger, as initially notified, would have hindered competition by removing two close competitors and important competitive forces in the Dutch market for the wholesale of premium Pay TV film channels. In order to maintain effective competition for the wholesale of premium Pay TV film channels in the Netherlands, Liberty Global committed to divest its Film1 channel to a third party purchaser. The channel was divested to Sony."



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