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Vivendi/BSkyB: Competition Commission publishes report

United Kingdom
30/04/2000
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The report, published on 18 April 2000, announced that the Competition Commission had cleared the Vivendi acquisition of an interest in BSkyB. The Commission found that Vivendi had acquired a material interest in BSkyB, but that the resulting merger may not be expected to operate against the public interest.

The main concerns expressed to the Commission about the merger situation related to the acquisition of broadcasting rights for sports and films, and the supply of conditional access technology. In relation to sports rights, the Commission considered that the merger situation was unlikely to result in any significant enhancement of the position of BSkyB, which is already a strong one.

The Commission took the view that there are insufficient grounds to expect the merger adversely to affect competition or consumers in the UK.

(DTI Press Release P/2000/277)

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