the Antitrust Authority imposed fines totaling 66 million euro to the major television operators in the market of pay-TV, Sky and RTI / Mediaset Premium, as well as the Football League and his advisor Infront – a note – the anti-competitive arrangement that altered the bid for the television rights of the league for the 2015-2018 triennium, which took place in June 2014.
figures
the League grossed 945 million euro of assigning Sky around the league for the satellite and Mediaset matches of 8 teams big for DTT (in this case to a figure of 373 million euro). Sky is confirmed, then, around 570 million spent while Mediaset poured over 100 million more than in the previous three years.
to Sky role of “marginal and defensive”
According to the Antitrust “the football league, at the suggestion and with the help of Infront, promoted a negotiated solution that, contrary to the rules of the tender, implemented the agreed allocation with the two main competitors. ” The role of Sky, however, was deemed “marginal and essentially defensive.”
51 million against Mediaset
in detail, a fine of RTI / Mediaset Premium amounts to 51,419,247.25 euro, the one infront to 9,049,646.64 Euros, the one Sky Italy to 4,000,000 euro and that the League to 1,944,070.17 euro. The Authority considered that he had initiated the lawsuit filed May 13, 2015, the agreement was achieved by replacing with a mutually agreed solution, the result of the assignment of packages A, B and D that descended from the comparison of the tenders submitted by broadcasters June 5 of that year.
11 months of investigation
on May 19, 2015 soldiers of the Guardia di Finanza inspected the premises as part of the investigation, antitrust mandated to “verify whether they intervened” spartitori agreements “between Sky and Mediaset.” The process had to be completed by April 30, 2016, and so it was.
Infront “completely misrepresented facts.” Mediaset: “appalled”
Immediate announcement of the appeal by Infront: I refer to the agency Ansa sources close advisor of the League , which by the way of the judgment Antitrust commenting “the facts have been completely misrepresented” .Mediaset, however, it is “literally shocked by today’s decision Antitrust. Unfounded, based on a theorem built on sand, and completely devoid of any probative examination. ” Again it was announced the immediate appeal.
The satisfaction of Sky
Satisfied instead, Sky that “takes positive note of the decision” and, waiting to read the entire device, already it stressed “that the Antitrust Authority has received substantially ‘the defense argument presented and” recognized that the company has not promoted any agreement restrictive of competition, in full cooperation with the Antitrust throughout the investigation. “
April 20, 2016 (edited April 20 2016 | 21:13)
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