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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8407

25 February 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission questions Via Digital/Sogecable merger whose methods may have changed

Brussels, 24/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - At this stage, the European Commission is unsure whether it will have to re-examine the merger of the digital television platforms Vía Digital, controlled by Téléfónica, and Sogecable, controlled by the Spanish media group Prisa and Canal+ (French group Vivendi), indicated Tilman Lueder, spokesperson for Commissioner Monti.

Last year, the Commission had entrusted the Spanish authorities with the responsibility of examining the merger as the...

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