European Commission: Prohibition of Joint venture between Nordic Satellite Companies

IRIS 1995-9:1/6

Ad van Loon

European Audiovisual Observatory

On 19 July, the European Commission decided that a planned joint venture between Norsk Telekom (Norway), Tele Danmark (Denmark) and Kinnevik (Sweden) under the name of Nordic Satellite Distribution could not be approved under Council Regulation (EEC) Nr 4064/89 on the control of concentrations between undertakings.

After an investigation, the Commission came to the conclusion that the joint venture would achieve a dominant position in the market for satellite TV transponder capacity in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland; in the market cable TV network operation in Denmark; andin the market for the distribution of pay TV services throughout the region.


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This article has been published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory.