Because the Antitrust Authority approves the Dazn-Tim agreement on Serie A football on TV
Green light of the Antitrust to the agreement between Tim and Dazn for the vision of the Serie A football championship matches in the three-year period 2021-2024. All the details
The Antitrust Authority has concluded the precautionary procedure relating to some clauses of the agreement between Tim and Dazn for watching the Serie A football championship matches in the three-year period 2021-2024. According to the Authority, “in light of the measures presented by the two operators, there are currently no elements to intervene”, reads a note from the Antitrust itself.
The measures adopted by the two operators, specifies the Antitrust Authority, "aim as a whole to avoid possible discrimination in the use of the Dazn service attributable to the activation of the service by users who use internet connection services other than those offered by Tim".
In this regard, both Dazn and Tim have represented that from 1 August it will be possible to have Dazn contents with TimVision without the need to sign up for a subscription with Tim.
In addition to maintaining full freedom in applying discounts and promotions, Dazn is committed to providing services for viewing the matches on digital terrestrial in case of connection problems.
More generally, the assignee of the rights to watch all the matches of the Serie A football championship has guaranteed the use of the service to all users who have installed the Dazn App, regardless of the reference operator, through specific technical initiatives of interconnection with network operators, putting in place the necessary infrastructural investments, writes the Guarantor of the market.
The Antitrust then closed the precautionary proceeding, "considering that the initiatives and amendments to the agreement by Tim and Dazn are currently capable of preventing serious and irreparable damage from being caused during the investigation procedure. competition ". At the same time, the Authority considers the measures "adequate to ensure, in view of the start of the Serie A championship, that end consumers have the freedom to choose between the various alternatives available and that the best quality of service can be ensured".
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This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/perche-lantitrust-approva-laccordo-dazn-tim-sul-calcio-di-serie-a-in-tv/ on Wed, 28 Jul 2021 06:59:56 +0000.