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EU Watchdog Fines NBCUniversal

By  |  January 30, 2020

EU antitrust regulators fined NBCUniversal €14.3 million (US$15.9 million) on Thursday, January 30, for illegally blocking sales of merchandise from films such as Minions in the 28-country bloc, the latest move against practices blocking cross-border trade.

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    The European Commission opened an investigation into NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, and several other companies on related issues in 2017, following an inquiry into e-commerce and cross-border selling practices of thousands of companies in Europe.

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