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- Sydney: the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission backs a revised A$1.30 billon alliance between Foxtel and SingTel Optus to share pay TV programs - $728 million - Asian telecoms this month - Brief Article
- Sydney: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission backs a revised A$1.30 billon ($728 million) alliance between Foxtel and SingTel Optus to share pay TV programs, on the grounds that the deal would provide improved access programs for all pay TV operators and a broader consumer choice. The ACCC also approves...
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- Access to content and cable expected.
- ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC has blocked a proposed pay television (pay-TV) deal. In order to get their deal past the ACCC, Foxtel (50 owned by Telstra) and Singtel Optus are believed to be ready to ABIX via COMTEX)...
- Research articles 2002-06-24
- Pact will deliver choices and savings.
- Sep 05, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Foxtel and Singtel Optus have rewritten their content sharing agreement to the benefit of consumers. Under the revised plan, subscribers could gain access to hundreds of channels. Analysts suggest prices will also come...
- Research articles 2002-09-05
- Fairfax and Seven won't meet deadline.
- Sep 24, 2002 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) John Fairfax Holdings and Seven Network strongly oppose Foxtel's proposal to join forces with its rival, Singtel Optus. In fact, on 24 September 2002, both Australian media companies threatened to derail Foxtel's hopes...
- Research articles 2002-09-24
- Fels puts ball back in players' court.
- ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC has vetoed an alliance between Australia's pay television groups. The ACCC ruled that the proposed content-sharing arrangement between Foxtel and Singtel Optus would subs ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission...
- Research articles 2002-06-24
- Partners still have "workable access regimes" to offer.
- ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC has vetoed an alliance between Australia's pay television groups. Both Foxtel and Singtel Optus are believed to have anticipated the rejection of their content-sharing de ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition & Consumer ...
- Research articles 2002-06-24
- Watchdog worried by first and last Foxtel clause.
- ABIX via COMTEX) -- Pay television operators, Foxtel and Singtel Optus may give guarantees competitors can access their networks. Among the clauses in the deal to which the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission objected was the "first a ABIX via COMTEX) -- Pay television operators, Foxtel...
- Research articles 2002-06-24
- Foxtel-Optus deal hits ACCC blocks.
- ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC has ruled against a proposed Singtel Optus deal with Foxtel. The pay-television program sharing alliance involved Optus and Foxtel's owners - News Corporation, Publishing ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission...
- Research articles 2002-06-24
- Fels scotches pay-TV scheme.
- ABIX via COMTEX) -- Foxtel and Singapore Telecommunications-owned SingTel Optus have proposed a program-sharing arrangement. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC rejected the deal because it could significantly reduce competiti ABIX via COMTEX) -- Foxtel and Singapore Telecommunications-owned SingTel Optus have proposed a program-sharing...
- Research articles 2002-06-28
- Watchdog unplugs Foxtel deal.
- ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC has vetoed an alliance between Australia's pay television groups. The ACCC ruled that the proposed content-sharing deal between Foxtel and Singtel Optus would be anti-com ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition & Consumer ...
- Research articles 2002-06-24
- Increased scrutiny of legislation likely.
- Nov 13, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Senate is likely to increase its scrutiny of the Telecommunications Competition Bill. This follows the decision by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC on 13 November 2002 to endorse an...
- Research articles 2002-11-14
- Seven, Fairfax to fight Foxtel promises.
- Jul 09, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- Opponents of the planned Foxtel-SingTel Optus pay television alliance toughened their stand on 9 July 2002. Both the Seven Network and John Fairfax Holdings say concessions made by the proposed partners fail to...
- Research articles 2002-07-09
- Big issue, not many heard...
- Mar 18, 2003 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian competition regulator has only received three submissions on the cost of new pay television access. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC sought submissions on this issue from January 2003, subsequent to its...
- Research articles 2003-03-18
- Fels seeks a few final words on Optus-Foxtel content sharing.
- Jul 16, 2002 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- The competition regulator may let rivals decide if Singtel Optus and Foxtel can proceed with a pay television content sharing deal. Allan Fels, chairman of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, is reportedly insisting that...
- Research articles 2002-07-16
- Pay-TV undertakings under microscope.
- Jul 11, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- Australia's proposed pay-television alliance is a test for the Australian Government and the regulatory watchdog. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC has already said the alliance of Foxtel and Singtel Optus breaches...
- Research articles 2002-07-11
- Snail pace plagues pay-TV.
- Oct 13, 2002 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) The US merger of Echostar and DirecTV was blocked by the US Federal Communications Commission FCC. The basis for the decision was concern the merged company would control virtually all of the satellite distribution channel....
- Research articles 2002-10-13
- Telco's bid for IP1 deferred.
- Oct 14, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Telstra is believed to have made a bid of up to $A45m for failed Australian telecommunications network provider, IP1. The bid is up to $A15m higher than the offers made by Singtel Optus, AAPT...
- Research articles 2003-10-15
- Watchdog wary of Foxtel deal.
- Mar 7, 2002 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- A proposal about pay television TV in Australia will attract regulatory scrutiny. The deal between Foxtel and Singtel Optus, announced on 6 March 2002, has attracted criticism that it will essentially give Foxtel a monopoly....
- Research articles 2002-03-06
- Foxtel takes pay TV deal to regulator.
- Mar 13, 2002 The Sydney Morning Herald ABIX via COMTEX -- Australian pay television TV operator, Foxtel, has taken its deal with Singtel Optus to the competition regulator. On 12 March 2002, Foxtel, which is owned by Telstra, Publishing & Broadcasting and News Corporation,...
- Research articles 2002-03-12
- Fairfax bid to stop TV deal.
- Oct 31, 2002 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian newspaper group John Fairfax Holdings has asked Australia's competition watchdog for help. It wants the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission to reject a pay television deal between Foxtel and Singtel Optus Television. Fairfax has...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
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