EU court strikes Berlusconi’s media empire

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Series Details 29.7.11
Publication Date 29/07/2011
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EurActiv reported that the European Court of Justice confirmed yesterday on the 28 July 2011 that the Italian switchover from analogue to digital TV has been illegally subsidised, favouring the channels of Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. A mammoth reimbursement would now be due by his Mediaset media empire.
Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.euractiv.com/en/competition/eu-court-strikes-berlusconi-media-empire-news-506824
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ESO: Background information: Judgment in Case T-177/07. Mediaset SpA v European Commission http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-judgment-in-case-t-177-07-mediaset-spa-v-european-commission/
Wikipedia: Mediaset http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediaset
ECJ: Press Release, No.77, 2011: The Court confirms that the Italian subsidies for the purchase of digital terrestrial decoders in 2004 and 2005 constitute State aid which is incompatible with the common market http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2011-07/cp110077en.pdf
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