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Two House Democrats again are expressing antitrust concerns about Venu, the upcoming sports streaming joint venture from Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery, and are seeking more answers from the companies.
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) sent a new letter to the CEOs the three companies, following an earlier query in April. The media conglomerates responded to that letter, but Nadler and Castro wrote that the answers were “insufficient.”
“Overall, we still have not received answers about the firewalls your companies may implement to
prevent collusion; the precautions you may take to ensure consumer privacy; or the methods you may use to determine pricing of the new service,” they wrote.
They added, “Some of the vague assurances you have provided strike us as contradictory. For example, we find it difficult to understand how your companies can both promise not to share competitively sensitive information and also evaluate the success of the joint venture on a company-by-company basis.”
They also pose a series of additional questions, and ask that answers be cc’d to the Justice Department, which reportedly plans to scrutinize the deal.
“Your companies exert unmatched control over the entire sports media ecosystem,” they wrote. “Without care, your joint venture has the potential to reshape this already-concentrated space to the detriment of consumers, sports leagues, and third-party distributors.”
Read Congress members’ Venu letter and companies previous response.
Representatives for the companies replied to the initial letter in late April, calling it a “pro-consumer, additive viewing option for sports viewers and increased choice for
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Julian Assange has landed back in his native Australia after entering a guilty plea at a U.S. District Court in the Northern Mariana Islands.
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House of the Dragon tonight for its second season as Westeros is on the brink of a bloody civil war with the Green and Black Councils fighting for King Aegon and Queen Rhaenyra. I hope that made it sound like I know what I'm talking about, because the truth is, I've never seen Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon.
Two die-hard Scotland fans have been left wearing their kilts for two weeks in Germany after their suitcases went missing.
Warner Bros Pictures has acquired Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language feature debut, The Room Next Door, for release in a host of key international markets including the filmmaker’s home turf of Spain.
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Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (PanCAN) largest annual fundraiser, PanCAN PurpleStride. For the third year in a row, PurpleStride took place nationwide across nearly 60 cities, uniting survivors, loved ones and supporters.According to PanCAN, pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. It has a five-year survival rate of 13%.
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