Abuse of dominant position: The French Competition Authority dismisses the action of a major broadcasting group against another one regarding practices in the television advertising market (Canalplus/TF1)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. On 25 July 2017, the Competition Authority issued a decision http://www.autoritedelaconcurrence.... No. 17-D-11 on practices in the television advertising sector. This case follows the referral of the Canal+ Group, Canal+ Régie, D8 and D17 companies concerning the practices implemented by TF1 in the television advertising sector. Three practices have been denounced: – cross-promotion of the HD1 channel on TF1. In this regard, the striking persons note that, since the launch of channel HD1 in December 2012, "TF1 has been broadcasting one or two announcements a day in favour of HD1 on its airwaves, including systematically one announcement broadcast in