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Germany: Watchdog probes Sky’s Champions League streaming deal

By  |  October 16, 2018

Germany’s antitrust regulator announced on Tuesday, October 16, it was investigating whether Sky Deutschland’s streaming deal with DAZN to air Champions League soccer matches was in accordance with competition law.

Sky Deutschland is owned by Sky Plc, which has just been taken over by Comcast in a US$40 billion deal. DAZN, part of tycoon Len Blavatnik’s Perform Group, is positioning itself as the “Netflix of sport.”

The Federal Cartel Office said in a statement announcing the investigation that Sky had acquired rights from European soccer governing body UEFA to broadcast all Champions League games from 2018-21.

Full Content: Reuters

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