Madrid — European anti-trust officials have accepted commitments by Paramount not to prevent consumers outside Britain from having access to its programming on U.K. pay-tv giant Sky, as long as Sky allows such access without advertising the Hollywood studio’s content to potential clients outside the U.K..
Paramount’s pledge is now legally binding as part of a five-year deal struck between it and the European Union’s anti-trust authority, according to an E.U. statement Tuesday.
The authority has also accepted Paramount’s promise not to insist that Sky prevent broadcasters outside Britain from making Paramount programming available via pay-tv in the U.K..
“Paramount has now committed that it will neither act upon nor enforce those clauses in existing film licensing contracts for pay-tv with any broadcaster in the European Economic Area,” the European Commission, the E.U.’s executive arm, said.
It added that Paramount would also refrain from re-introducing such clauses in...
Paramount’s pledge is now legally binding as part of a five-year deal struck between it and the European Union’s anti-trust authority, according to an E.U. statement Tuesday.
The authority has also accepted Paramount’s promise not to insist that Sky prevent broadcasters outside Britain from making Paramount programming available via pay-tv in the U.K..
“Paramount has now committed that it will neither act upon nor enforce those clauses in existing film licensing contracts for pay-tv with any broadcaster in the European Economic Area,” the European Commission, the E.U.’s executive arm, said.
It added that Paramount would also refrain from re-introducing such clauses in...
- 7/26/2016
- by John Hopewell
- Variety - TV News
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