30/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - On 25 June 2008, the European Commission approved the proposed acquisition of Germany's pay-TV operator Premiere AG by News Corporation (News Corp.) of the US. Following consultation of market players in Germany and Austria, the Commission was concerned by the proposal to replace conditional access technology (encryption for pay-per-view channels) with that of News Corp's subsidiary NDS. The effect of this would be to allow the newly-created entity to restrict...