Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
The Walt Disney Company; Erwerb bestimmter Vermögenswerte der NFL Enterprises LLC (NFL Networks; NFL RedZone; NFL Fantasy)
BWB/Z-7167
On 09.12.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The Walt Disney Company, USA, intends to indirectly acquire certain business assets related to the operation of the NFL Network in the United States, to the operation and distribution of the NFL RedZone linear television network in the United States and to the business and assets related to the operation of NFL Fantasy globally. The assets to be acquired are currently owned by NFL Enterprises LLC, USA.
Economic Sector: Publishing of video games.
J - PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND CONTENT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES J 58 - Publishing activities, J 58.2 - Software publishing, J 58.21 - Publishing of video games
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 07.01.2026.
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 08.01.2026 .