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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 24/08/2022

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32022M10681

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 24.08.2022 C(2022) 6199 final

PUBLIC VERSION

RTL Deutschland GmbH Picassoplatz I D-50679 Köln Germany

Seven.One Entertainment Group GmbH Medienallee 7 D-85774 Unterlohring Germany

Dear Sir or Madam,

1.1. On 1 August 2022, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation, by which RTL Deutschland GmbH (“RTL Deutschland”, GERMANY) and Seven.One Entertainment Group GmbH (“Seven.One Entertainment Group”, GERMANY), ultimately controlled by ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control over the whole of The Addressable TV GmbH (“Addressable TV Technology JV”, GERMANY) by way of purchase of shares.

1OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU’) has introduced certain changes, such as the replacement of ‘Community’ by ‘Union’ and ‘common market’ by ‘internal market’. The terminology of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.

2OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the ‘EEA Agreement’).

3Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 304, 09.08.2022, p.9.

Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË

Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:

- RTL Deutschland is active in TV and online entertainment as well as production and broadcasting services,

- Seven.One Entertainment Group is active in TV and online entertainment as well as production and broadcasting services,

- The Addressable TV Technology JV will develop services aimed at fostering optimized accessibility and implementation of pre-existing non-proprietary technical standards on Addressable TV (“ATV”) technology. In particular, it will define ATV technology functionalities and provide broadcasters and consumer electronics manufacturers (“CEMs”) with app-based tools that enable them to test and certify their respective ATV technologies match the refined technical implementation requirements defined by the JV.

3.3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of paragraph 5(a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

4.4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement.

For the Commission

(Signed) Olivier GUERSENT Director-General

OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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