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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8710

20 May 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission approves UPC's take-over of Noos

Brussels, 19/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has given the go-ahead for UPC's purchase of Noos from the Suez group. This involves two cable operators active in France in several pay television markets, the acquisition of televisual content, internet, telephone and telecommunications infrastructure. The operation will allow the UPC to access the first ranking in the French cable pay television market but it will only have a modest chunk of this market compared to the number...

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