The Italian Supreme Administrative Court upholds the lower court's annulment of the Competition Authority's decision to fine broadcasters for an alleged anti-competitive agreement in the pay-TV service sector (League / Infront / Sky / Mediaset)

Fosselard, Denis; Accardo, Gabriele; Carnazza, Giulia

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28 Dec 2020

The Italian Supreme Administrative Court upholds the lower court’s annulment of the Competition Authority’s decision to fine broadcasters for an alleged anti-competitive agreement in the pay-TV service sector (League / Infront / Sky / Mediaset)

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Italian Supreme Administrative Court, League / Infront / Sky / Mediaset, Case N. 02408/2017 REG.RIC, 28 December 2020 (Italian)

On 12 December 2020, Italy's highest administrative court, the Council of State, upheld the annulment of the Italian Competition Authority's ("ICA") decision to fine broadcasters Mediaset and Sky Italia, the Italian Football League, and marketing agency Infront a total of €66m for an alleged anti-competitive agreement to rig an auction for pay-TV broadcasting rights for Serie A matches. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW - KEY TAKEAWAYS The notion of a "by object" restriction of competition must be interpreted restrictively. When assessing an anti-competitive

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Denis Fosselard
Ashurst (Brussels)

Belgium 45 contributions 45277 visits
Gabriele Accardo
Ashurst (Milan)

Italy 102 contributions 28457 visits
Giulia Carnazza
Ashurst (Brussels)

Belgium 11 contributions 5983 visits

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Denis Fosselard, Gabriele Accardo, Giulia Carnazza, The Italian Supreme Administrative Court upholds the lower court’s annulment of the Competition Authority’s decision to fine broadcasters for an alleged anti-competitive agreement in the pay-TV service sector (League / Infront / Sky / Mediaset), 28 December 2020, e-Competitions Burden of proof, Art. N° 99567

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