【一次資料集−Headline 2002 （前半）】

2002-06-30　EC

Commission clears joint control of Stream by Telecom Italia and News Television

2002-06-28　FTC

Administrative Law Judge Bars Distributors of Three Tenors Media from Agreeing to "Fix, Raise, or Stabilize" Prices

いわゆる“三大テノール”

2002-06-28　ITC

ITC report on newly proposed BBC THREE

[Report itself] / [including related documents] / BBC press release

2002-06-27　EC

Commission closes investigation into UEFA rule on multiple ownership of football clubs

2002-06-27　EC

Commission pursues infringement proceedings against six countries over separation of accounts Directive – State Aid

2002-06-26　9^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case No.00-16423 Newdow v. Congress et al - “Under God” phrase

Separation of religion and politics

2002-06-04　BBC

Speech given by BBC Director-General Greg Dyke on 24 June 2002 to the Institute of Economic Affairs Conference on The Future of Broadcasting

at Le Meridien, Piccadilly, London. He was speaking on "Advancing the National Broadcaster"

2002-06-24　BSkyB

Speech by Tony Ball, Chief Executive, BSkyB to the IEA’s Future of Broadcasting Conference

2002-06-24　OFT

Competition policy and broadcasting – A speech at the IEA conference on The Future of Broadcasting By John Vickers

2002-06-21　USITC

Gemstar Loses on Patents for TV Guides – the administrative law judge filed Final Initial Determination

EPG case in US

2002-06-19 DCMS

Speech to the Social Market Foundation Conference on Public Service Broadcasting and the Communications Bill

2002-06-19 EC

Deutsche Post must replay Euro 572 million used to subsidise price undercutting in commercial parcel services

2002-06-18 EC

Commission launches public consultation on product and service markets in electronic communications sector

cf. refer to 2002-03-07 press release

2002-06-13 FCC

Extends Program Access Exclusivity Rules

the extension of a ban that prohibits cable providers from signing exclusive deals with TV programmers, originally enacted in 1992 to boost the competition between cable and satellite was admitted

2002-06-13 ITC

DTT licences: Applicants Named – Consultation Period Begins

2002-06-13 EC

Report to the Seville European Council on the status of work on the guidelines for state aid and services of general economic interest

2002-06-11 JFTC

日･ＥＣ独占禁止協力協定の仮署名について

2002-06-10 DOJ

20th Anniversary of the 1982 Merger Guidelines

2002-06-06 CFI

Airtours v. Commission - Case T-342/99

Collective dominance and tacit collusion

2002-06-06 FCC

FCC announces formation of the Spectrum Policy Task Force and seeks public comment on issues related to spectrum policies

2002-06-04 EC

Review of the EC Merger Regulation – Roadmap for the reform project - speech by Mario Monti

cf. Merger Review web page

2002-06-04 EC

The new EU regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications: From sector regulation to Competition Law

speech by Christian HOCEPIED

2002-06-03 EC

Commission welcomes UEFA's new policy for selling the media rights to the Champions League

2002-05-24 FCC

Statement of FCC Chairman Michael Powell on the Decision by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

Regarding the Commission's Unbundling Rules

cf. Hausman & Sidak’s thesis A Consumer-Welfare Approach to the Mandatory Unbundling of Telecommunications Networks

cf. 1999-01-25 AT&T CORP. et al. v. IOWA UTILITIES BOARD et al. 199 S. Ct. 721 (1999) [US Supreme Court]

cf. 2002-05-24 US TELECOM ASSN v FCC [US D.C. District Court of Appeals]

2002-05-24 EC

Statement on meeting between Minister Eichel and Monti – State Aid

2002-05-23

FTC-DoJ Merger-Review Plan Abandoned [from Washington Watch, Center for Digital Democracy]

2002-05-02 Statement by Charles A. James Regarding DOJ/FTC Clearance Agreement [DOJ]

2002-03-05 DOJ and FTC announce new clearance procedures for Antitrust matters

- Memorandum of Agreement Allocates Industry Sectors Between Agencies [DOJ]

2002-05-22 EC

Commission approves acquisition of joint control of VG Media by RTL and ProSiebenSat.1

cf. public text of decision (de)

2002-05-22 EC

Commission approves state funding to BBC digital television and radio channels

Official Text

’State Aid’ is judged under the ‘Ferring’ rule

2002-05-13 US Supreme Court

Verizon Communications Inc. et al. v. Federal Communications Commission et al. No.00-511, 219 F.3d 744

verified the “forward-looking” cost

2002-05-13 AGCM

GROUPE CANAL+/STREAM: Green Light with Conditions (Conclusion of investigation)

2002-05-13 Ofgem

Ofgem Consults on NGC and Transco Merger

2002-05-08 Oftel

The pricing of conditional access services and related issues – statement

Conditional access pricing arrangements for digital TV, BSkyB

cf. The pricing of conditional access services and related issues, 30th October 2001 – Responses

2002-05-07

The draft Communications Bill published [DTI-DCMS]

- Joint Committee on the draft Communications Bill [UK Parliament]

2002-05-03 CFI

Jégo-Quéré v Commission, Case T-177/01

redefine the rules governing individual access to the community courts

2002-04-30 EC

GEMO – Case C-126/01 – State Aid Now wait for the decision - definition of ‘State Aid’

related to ‘Ferring’ case

2002-04-24 DOJ

Coordinated Effects in Merger Review: From Dead Frenchmen to Beautiful Minds and Mavericks – speech by William J. Kolasky

Good explanation on ‘Mavericks’

2002-04-23 EC

Access to Content and Platform Competition – speech by Dr. Herbert Ungerer

EU competition law, convergence, and the media industry – speech by DG Competition Miguel Mendes Pereira

2002-04-22

Bill Gates' testimony filed [US District of Columbia Court]

pdf. version (from Seattletimes) / .html version

2002-04-13

Power in your hand – A survey of television [The Economist April 13^th 2002]

2002-03-26 DTI

Hewitt introduces bill to boost enterprise and prosperity for all – Enterprise Bill

2002-03-21 EC

"The review of the TVWF Directive", Speech of Viviane Reding at the European Voice conference on Television without Frontiers

2002-03-19 EC

Altmark Trans - Case C-280/00 Opinion of Advocate General - State Aid Now wait for the decision - definition of ‘State Aid’

related to ‘Ferring’ case

2002-03-18 DOJ

Comparative Merger Control Analysis: Six Guiding Principles for Antitrust Agencies – New and Old

Address by William J. Kolasky, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Presented at the International Bar Association Conference on Competition Law and Policy in a Global Context, Cape Town, South Africa

2002-03-14 FCC

FCC Classifies Cable Modem Service as “Information Service”

2002-03-12 EC

European Commission proposes legal means to react against unfair competition from subsidised third country airlines – State Aid

2002-03-07 EC

New Regulatory Framework for electronic communications infrastructure and associated services

adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers [will apply from 25 July 2003]

published in OJ L 108, of 24.04.2002 - consisting of four Directives and one Decision

2002-03-06

Radio Spectrum Management Review [an independent review for DTI and HM Treasury]

reported by the team led by Prof. Marin Cave

2002-02-26 BkartA

Bundeskartellamt prohibits planned Liberty Media/KDG merger

cf. 2002-01-31 Bundeskartellamt issues warning regarding the Liberty Media/KDG merger project

2002-02-14 BkartA

Bundeskartellamt issues warning regarding the planned Liberty Media/TeleColumbus GmbH merger

2002-01-30 EC

Airlines - European Commission authorises French compensation scheme following the attacks of 11 September 2001 – State Aid

2002-01-22 ECJ

Canal - Case C-390/99 Canal Satélite Digital SL v Adminstración General del Estado, and Distribuidora de Televisión Digital SA (DTS) [2002] ECR I-607

The Court held that the national legislation requiring operators of certain television services to register details of their equipment could not satisfy the necessity requirement of proportionality test if the registration requirement duplicated controls which had already been carried out, either in the same state or in aother Member State.

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