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Argentinian Regulator Fines Pay-TV Providers

By  |  January 17, 2023

The commerce ministry imposed a 150mn-peso (US$827,000) fine on Telecom Argentina and Artear, both from Grupo Clarín, for anti-competitive conduct in the pay-TV market.

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    Telecom Argentina operates in the telephony, internet and pay-TV segments, while Artear is a content producer with open and cable television signals.

    An investigation started after América Móvil, which operates under the Claro brand, filed a complaint, claiming Grupo Clarín imposed sales conditions for the Canal 13 and TN signals that prevented their acquisition.

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    Artear dominates open television with the Canal 13 signal and in the pay-TV segment with the TN signal.

    The competition defense authority recognized “discriminatory conditions for the acquisition of transmission rights for television signals, by discretionary setting minimum subscriber amounts,” which constitutes a barrier to the entry for Claro in metropolitan Buenos Aires and Córdoba and Rosario.