Author: 21st Century Competition

Multinational: YouTube music chief quits amid indie label dispute (Competition Policy International)

Another blow has been dealt to the delayed music-streaming project of Google-owned YouTube as its product manager has quit, reports say.

Music project manager Chris LaRosa will leave the company Friday to join a start up; La Rosa marks the second major departure from the new music service in the last …read more

US: States OK AT&T, DirecTV deal (Competition Policy International)

AT&T said Wednesday that states have reviewed the company’s proposed acquisition of DirecTV and have not recommended any concessions on the deal.

AT&T CFO John Stephens announced the development while an unnamed source said that Arizona, Louisiana and Hawaii were the states that probed the deal. Those states, the source said, …read more

Haste Makes Waste (?) – Some Reflections on the European Court of Justice’s Approach to Remedying Infringements of the General Court regarding the Right to be Heard Within a Reasonable Time (Competition Policy International)

CPI Europe Column edited by Anna Tzanaki (Competition Policy International) presents:

Spain’s CNMC: The Story So Far by André Scheidtmann (Linklaters)

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Intro by Anna Tzanaki (Competition Policy International)

In our July edition of the CPI Europe Column, André Scheidtmann …read more

Pakistan: New legislation to overhaul telco market (Competition Policy International)

Pakistan is gearing up for the launch of new legislation aimed at overhauling the nation’s telecommunications sector, and the plans will now reportedly include a new initiative by both the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority and the Competition Commission of Pakistan.

The PTA and CCP are set to prepare a joint Memorandum of …read more