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Italy's Mediaset files new claim against France's Vivendi

Published 28/06/2017, 10:45
© Reuters. The Vivendi logo is pictured at the main entrance of the entertainment-to-telecoms conglomerate headquarters in Paris
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MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's Mediaset (MI:MS) has filed a new claim against France's Vivendi (PA:VIV), the private broadcaster's chairman Fedele Confalonieri said on Wednesday, as feuding between the two groups over a failed pay-TV deal grows.

Confalonieri said the new claim was on the grounds of contract violation, unfair competition and breaking TV pluralism laws.

Confalonieri, speaking at the beginning of the Milan-based group's annual shareholder meeting, did not give any further details.

The two groups are already involved in a legal battle in the Milan courts after Vivendi in July pulled out of an 800 million euro (£709 million) contract that would have given it full control of Mediaset's pay-Tv unit Premium.

© Reuters. The Vivendi logo is pictured at the main entrance of the entertainment-to-telecoms conglomerate headquarters in Paris

Confalonieri said the unexpected U-turn by the French group had not allowed the group to "express its full potential" and that Mediaset would do everything possible to bring Premium back into "equilibrium".

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