Brussels, 16/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has granted regulatory clearance to a proposed joint venture between VNU of the Netherlands and Britain's WPP, which will bring together their television audience measurement (TAM) services outside North America. VNU, through AC Nielsen (which is acquired in 2001) is active in Sweden and Ireland, while WPP is present in Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovenia and the UK. Although the resulting company will be one of the...