Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
ZDF Enterprises GmbH; Real Film Berlin GmbH
BWB/Z-5825
On 27.12.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
ZDF Enterprises GmbH (Mainz / Germany) intends to acquire 49% of the shares in Real Film Berlin GmbH (Berlin / Germany) from Studio Hamburg Produktion Gruppe GmbH (Hamburg / Germany). Real Film Berlin GmbH will be jointly controlled by ZDF Enterprises GmbH and Studio Hamburg Produktion Gruppe GmbH. The intended concentration concerns the production of television program content.
Affected business areas: Motion picture, video and television program production activities
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 24.01.2022.
Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.
Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 25.01.2022 .