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Merger control
Case reference
CCENT/2008/21 - TV CABO/ TVTEL
Acquiring
Tv Cabo
Description
a public limited company, wholly owned by ZON Televisão por Cabo SGPS, SA, which is wholly owned, in turn, by ZON Multimédia - Serviços de Telecomunicações e Multimédia SA ("Grupo ZON"), which, at a national level, offers a vast range of products and services in the field of electronic communications, in particular pay-TV services, broadband Internet access services and voice services.
Acquired
TvTel
Description
a public limited company that is active in the electronic communications market, in particular in the provision of triple-play services - which offer pay-TV, telephone and broadband Internet.
Sector
  • Telecommunications & Media
Activity (NACE)
  • J60 - Radio and television activities
  • J61 - Telecommunications
Applicable legislation
Art. 9(1)(a) and (b) (Law 18)
Notification thresholds
Turnover and market share
Type of merger
Horizontal
Cooperation with sector regulators
  • ANACOM - Portuguese Communications Authority
  • ERC - Portuguese Regulatory Authority for the Media
Status
Closed
Type of Investigation
Phase 1
AdC’s decision
Case description
Notified on 19 March 2008 - with effect on 14 April - this merger consists of the acquisition, by CATVP - TV Cabo Portugal SA ("TV CABO"), of exclusive control of the undertaking TVTel - Comunicações SA (TVTel).
Timeline
2008-11-21
2008-04-21
Publication of the announcement
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