The EU Commission is set to open an investigation that could outlaw exclusive territorial models of pay-TV licensing

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Irish Times, Brussels on the attack over pay-TV rights, 23 November 2013

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Murphy, round 2: does exclusive territorial licensing of pay-TV breach EU competition law?* According to a report in the Financial Times on 24 November 2013, the European Commission is on the verge of commencing a formal investigation into potentially anti-competitive restrictions in pay-TV licensing arrangements. Such an investigation could have significant ramifications for any owners of television rights in sports fixtures (or other content) who seek to maximise their revenues by licensing on an exclusive territorial basis. The last time similar issues came before the Court of Justice, a rights owner rather than the Commission was on the offensive. In Joined Cases C-403/08 and C-429/08, Football Association Premier League Ltd v QC Leisure, Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd

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Tom Richards, The EU Commission is set to open an investigation that could outlaw exclusive territorial models of pay-TV licensing, 23 November 2013, e-Competitions Exclusive rights (Art. 106 TFEU), Art. N° 60787

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