The European Commission has ruled that national broadcasters can continue to use their collective power when bidding for the rights to televise big sporting events. The EC has exempted the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), a grouping of 67 national broadcasters, from EC competition rules until 1998.
The EC had been under pressure to open up the market for TV rights to sporting events following complaints from ESN, owners of Screensport, regarding the EBU’s privileged position.
The EBU has agreed to allow non-member channels access to sports programmes on reasonable terms.
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