‘Significant advertising concerns’ raised over TF1-M6 merger

Bixente Lizarazu and Gregoire Margotton of TF1 at the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifier between Bulgaria and France (by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)
Bixente Lizarazu and Gregoire Margotton of TF1 at the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifier between Bulgaria and France (by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)

The French competition authority, the Autorité de la Concurrence, has found that the proposed merger between free-to-air commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 raises a number of “significant” competition concerns, especially in relation to the advertising market.

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