96/177/EC: Commission Decision of 19 July 1995 declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case No IV/M.490 - Nordic Satellite Distribution) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)
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The concentration by way of the creation of a joint venture as notified by Norsk Telekom AS, TeleDanmark AS and IndustrifΓΆrvaltnings AB Kinnevik is hereby declared incompatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement.
This Decision is addressed to: 1. Norsk Telekom AS, Keysersgate 15, N-0165, Oslo; 2. TeleDanmark A/S, Kannikegade 16, DK-8000, Aarhus C; 3. IndustrifΓΆrvaltnings AB Kinnevik, Skeppsbron, 18, S-10313, Stockholm. Done at Brussels, 19 July 1995. For the Commission Karel VAN MIERT Member of the Commission (1) OJ No L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 257, 21. 9. 1990, p. 13. (3) OJ No C 63, 2. 3. 1996, p. 3. (4) In the published version of the decision, some information has hereinafter been omitted, pursuant to the provisions of Article 17 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 concerning non-disclosure of business secrets. (5) The SMATV segment consists of entities receiving the TV signals using a satellite master antenna and retransmitting the signal within a smaller network. Normally the SMATV operators have no system for operating pay-TV and, if they do, it is carried in the network on the basis of collective payment from all residents. The SMATV operators will rarely contract directly with the broadcasters, but will normally be customers of local cable operators. (6) Commission letter of 23 December 1994 to the Danish Government.
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