#Antitrust Regulation

Articles (26)

• 🇺🇸 Sources: DOJ opens NFL inquiry over TV deals — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The Justice Department has begun an investigation into whether the NFL has violated anticompetitive practices with their television contracts that require consumers to pay subscription costs to watch ...

  Related: #Sports Media, #Consumer Rights
• 🇺🇸 What the DOJ's NFL investigation could mean for networks, fans — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  What could the federal government's investigation of the NFL mean for fans and television networks?

  Related: #Sports Media, #Consumer Rights
• 🇺🇸 US judge extends temporary order halting Nexstar, Tegna merger — 10/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Media Consolidation, #Broadcast Industry
• 🇺🇸 Justice Department probing NFL over subscription fees concerns, sources say — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Sources tell CBS News that the Justice Department is investigating the NFL over subscription fees concerns. Jake Rosen reports.

  Related: #Sports Media, #Consumer Protection
• 🇺🇸 DOJ investigating NFL over games on paid platforms — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The Justice Department launched an investigation into the NFL over games on paid platforms, alleging the league could be driving costs too high. Jo Ling Kent reports.

  Related: #Media Rights, #Consumer Access
• 🇺🇸 NFL under federal investigation for potential anticompetitive practices, AP source says — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The Justice Department is investigating the NFL for potential anticompetitive practices, according to a government official. It comes amid increasing federal scrutiny of the amount of money fans are p...

  Related: #Sports Media, #Consumer Protection
• 🇺🇸 US Justice Department opens probe into NFL over anticompetitive practices — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The US Justice Department is investigating the NFL amid concerns about broadcast sales to streamers.

  Related: #Sports Broadcasting, #Media Rights
• 🇺🇸 DOJ launches probe into NFL over media rights packages and antitrust concerns — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The Department of Justice is raising concerns about the NFL's offerings across various platforms and affordability of consumers.

  Related: #Media Rights, #Sports Broadcasting
• 🇺🇸 The Trump Administration Is Setting Its Sights on TV’s Most Valuable Programming — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The DOJ and FCC are investigating the NFL's national TV deals over concerns that access to games is getting harder and more expensive. It's a review that could benefit Fox and Paramount.

  Related: #Media Economics, #Consumer Access
• 🇺🇸 NFL Media Deals Being Investigated By Department Of Justice — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The NFL is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice over concerns that its media deals violate antitrust laws and harm consumers. A government official confirmed the probe when contacted b...

  Related: #Sports Media, #Consumer Protection
• 🇺🇸 Justice Department investigating NFL over subscription fees — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Justice Department investigating NFL over subscription fees

  Related: #Sports Broadcasting, #Consumer Rights
• 🇺🇸 DOJ probing NFL over games on paid platforms, sources say — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The NFL is being investigated for practices that allegedly harm consumers for licensing games to multiple platforms — paid streaming platforms, paid cable networks, and others, sources said.

  Related: #Sports Media, #Consumer Protection
• 🇺🇸 Justice Department investigating NFL over subscription fee concerns — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The Department of Justice is opening an investigation into whether the NFL is asking for people to pay too much in subscription fees in order to have access to games, according to a person familiar wi...

  Related: #Sports Media, #Consumer Protection
• 🇺🇸 DOJ investigating NFL broadcasting deals: Report — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The Department of Justice (DOJ) is opening an investigation into the NFL over its dealmaking with media companies on rights to broadcast games, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal, citi...

  Related: #Sports Broadcasting, #Media Rights
• 🇺🇸 Justice Department investigating the NFL over subscription fee concerns, source says — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether the National Football League is forcing football fans to pay too much in subscription fees, according to a person familiar with the inve...

  Related: #Sports Media, #Consumer Rights
• 🇺🇸 US Justice Department opens probe into NFL over anticompetitive practices, WSJ reports — 09/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Sports Business, #Media Rights
• 🇺🇸 Nexstar and Tegna’s Local TV Megamerger Challenged by Eight States — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  California, New York and other states led by Democratic prosecutors argue that the $6.2 billion deal would cement Nexstar's control over local TV in violation of antitrust laws. The FCC has endorsed t...

  Related: #Media Consolidation
• 🇺🇸 Exclusive-DOJ antitrust head says Paramount–Warner Bros deal review is not political — 19/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Media Mergers
• 🇺🇸 After “Weak” DOJ Settlement With Live Nation, Senators Back Bill to Bulk Up Antitrust Reviews — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  "Under Donald Trump, antitrust enforcement has become a growing cesspool of corruption," Senator Elizabeth Warren said about new proposed legislation to add reforms to antitrust reviews.

  Related: #Legislative Action
• 🇺🇸 What the Live Nation settlement would mean for concertgoers -- and why some say it isn't enough — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Live Nation and the U.S. government announced a deal this week that they say would give artists and venues more choice when it comes to selling concert tickets to music fans. But critics say meaningfu...

  Related: #Consumer Rights
• 🇺🇸 Live Nation antitrust deal spurs questions for DOJ — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  The Justice Department’s surprise settlement with Ticketmaster parent Live Nation in its lawsuit alleging the entertainment behemoth holds an illegal monopoly on the ticketing industry has turned atte...

  Related: #Live Entertainment
• 🇺🇸 Senator Amy Klobuchar on ‘Weak’ Live Nation-DOJ Settlement: ‘It’s Absolutely Disrespectful to Fans’ — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has for many years been a forceful advocate for a level playing field in the live-entertainment industry, whether leading the “Save Our Stages” bill that brought som...

  Related: #Consumer Rights
• 🇺🇸 It looks like the DOJ isn’t going to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  The DOJ and Live Nation agreed to a tentative settlement, but dozens of State Attorneys General don't want to drop the lawsuit.

  Related: #Entertainment Industry
• 🇺🇸 David Ellison Delivered. Now It’s Up to Makan Delrahim to Close the Warner Bros. Deal — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  State attorneys general. Foreign approvals. Consumer lawsuits. Even without the Justice Department stepping in, Paramount still faces several roadblocks to completing its acquisition of Warner Bros.

  Related: #Media Consolidation, #Corporate Power
• 🇺🇸 Netflix walks away from Warner Bros deal, clearing path for Paramount takeover — 27/02/2026 [USA]

  On Thursday, after Warner's board announced that Skydance-owned Paramount's offer was superior to the agreement it had previously struck with Netflix, the streaming giant said the new price it would h...

  Related: #Media Consolidation, #Corporate Takeovers
• 🇺🇸 In reversal, Warner Bros. jilts Netflix for Paramount — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Warner Bros. says Paramount's sweetened bid to buy the whole company is "superior" to an $83 billion deal it struck with Netflix for just its streaming services, studios, and intellectual propert...

  Related: #Corporate Mergers, #Media Industry, #Political Influence