By its Decision no. 12-DCC-100 dated 23 July 2012, the French Competition Authority cleared the acquisition of TPS and CanalSatellite by Vivendi Universal and Canal Plus, subject to compliance with a number of injunctions.
Injunctions 6 (a) to 6 (c) relate to the unbundling of movie channels which are or could be published by Groupe Canal+, with the exception of the Canal+ Channels.
More specifically, the Injunction 6 (c) orders Groupe Canal+ to publish a reference offer for providing access on a non-exclusive basis, to the aforementioned movie channels to any Distributor that makes such a request.
The purpose of this reference offer is to set out the pricing and technical terms for the provision of the movie channels published by Groupe Canal+, with the exception of Canal+ Channels.
This reference offer shall apply from 7 June 2013, date of its publication.