Horizontal Integration

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Competition DG training, communication and multimedia Media erect and horizontal consolidation in the media sphere and EU tilt law Miguel Mendes Pereira* The ICT and Media Sectors within the EU Policy Framework U.L.B.-SMIT (Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunications) CEAS-Norwegian School of Management, Oslo Telenor Broadcast Brussels, 7 April 2003 OUTLINE Introduction I. Convergence and integration 1. Technical convergence 2. Economic convergence 3. Efficiencies II. Competition write ups 1. The warring arena 2. Foreclosure 3. The dominance test III. Vertical integration 1. 2. 3. 4. The gate-keeper issue Foreclosure of input markets Leveraging Network effects IV. Horizontal integration 1. planetary assessment 2. The Newscorp/Telepiù case 3. The EMI/Time Warner case V. Remedies 1. The balance among efficiencies and foreclosure 2. Remedies in the Newscorp/Telepiù case 3. Remedies in the cases Vivendi/Seagram/Canal Plus, Vizzavi and AOL/Time Warner Conclusion * Administrator, European Commission/DG Competition/Media Unit. Lecturer at the legality School of the University of Lisbon. The opinions expressed are purely personal and nevertheless engage the author.

Vertical and horizontal integration in the media sector and EU competition law - M. Mendes Pereira Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish archetypal of all to thank the SMIT Center and Telenor for inviting me to speak here today. I intend to give you a brief overview of the competition issues embossed by vertical and horizontal integration of companies in the media sector. I will start by referring to the convergence trend in the media and telecommunications sectors and its link to the concentration wave we have witnessed during these past lead years. I will then highlight the main competition issues which this type of operations raise from a theoretical period of view. I will subsequently address the issues linked specifically to vertical as well as to horizontal... If you want to recrudesce a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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