Brussels, 31/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission on Thursday authorised the acquisition of film producer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (“MGM”) by a conglomerate led by Sony Corporation (“Sony”). MGM has activities in film production, acquisition and distribution, and has a very attractive back catalogue: it is the owner or holder of distribution rights for, amongst others, the James Bond, Pink Panther and Rocky films. On the other hand, MGM distributes few big-budget studio...