Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Media Partisans GmbH; wetter.com GmbH
BWB/Z-7174
On 12.12.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Media Partisans GmbH, Berlin, Germany, a subsidiary of FUNKE MEDIENGRUPPE GmbH & Co. KGaA, intends to acquire substantially all the assets of wetter.com GmbH, Konstanz, Germany by way of an asset deal.
Activity concerned: Television programming, broadcasting and video distribution activities; Media representation
J - PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND CONTENT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES J 60 - Programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities, J 60.2 - Television programming, broadcasting and video distribution activities, J 60.20 - Television programming, broadcasting and video distribution activities, N - PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES, N 73 - Activities of advertising, market research and public relations, N 73.1 - Advertising, N 73.12 - Media representation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.01.2026.
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 10.01.2026 .