{"id":545371,"date":"2023-01-30T10:46:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T07:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rtl-talpa-merger-dropped-amid-anti-trust-concerns\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T10:46:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T07:46:34","slug":"rtl-talpa-merger-dropped-amid-anti-trust-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rtl-talpa-merger-dropped-amid-anti-trust-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"#RTL-Talpa Merger Dropped Amid Anti-Trust Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a19b4659fb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a19b4659fb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rtl-talpa-merger-dropped-amid-anti-trust-concerns\/#RTL-Talpa_Merger_Dropped_Amid_Anti-Trust_Concerns\" >RTL-Talpa Merger Dropped Amid Anti-Trust Concerns<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"RTL-Talpa_Merger_Dropped_Amid_Anti-Trust_Concerns\"><\/span>RTL-Talpa Merger Dropped Amid Anti-Trust Concerns<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    European <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> giant RTL Group has dropped plans to merge its Dutch TV operations, RTL Nederland, with Talpa Networks, the TV group controlled by TV mogul and\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>\u00a0creator John de Mol.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    RTL Group on Monday said the Dutch competition authority ACM had informed them it planned to block the deal, first announced in 2021, which would have created a regional TV giant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    It\u2019s the second time in less than a year that RTL has seen its expansion plans stymied by regional competition authorities. Last September, RTL walked away from an agreement to merge its French commercial network M6 with French broadcaster TF1 after French anti-trust authorities opposed the move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    RTL\u2019s strategy, in France and the Netherlands, was to create \u201clocal language champions\u201d with sufficient scale in their individual markets to take on Netflix and other global streamers. The success of streaming platforms poses a threat for traditional free-TV networks in Europe, which are not used to competing with such deep-pocketed tech companies for local viewers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    But the Dutch authorities saw things differently. In a statement, RTL said the ACM believed the RTL-Talpa merger would violate Dutch anti-trust laws because the new company would have a near monopoly in the local TV ad market. Talpa proposed outsourcing its ad sales operations to a third party, Mediahuis Nederland, but, according to RTL, the proposal \u201cdid not sufficiently mitigate [ACM\u2019s] concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    RTL and Talpa criticized the ACM decision, saying Dutch authorities \u201cdid not take into account the speed and extent of the changes in the Dutch media landscape and the impact of these changes on local media companies\u2026a merger of RTL Nederland and Talpa Network would have been the right strategic response to the challenges resulting from the increased competition with the international platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    It will likely be a few weeks before the ACM issues its formal decision, but RTL and Talpa have already cancelled the deal. In a statement, RTL CEO Thomas Rabe said RTL Nederland \u201cis and will remain a key asset for RTL Group\u201d and that the company remained convinced \u201cthat market consolidation is necessary to compete with the global tech platforms \u2013 and that market consolidation will h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en in the European TV markets sooner or later.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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