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Mediawatch Limited t/a Kantar Media/Newsaccess Limited

M/17/012

Completed

Transaction details

The proposed acquisition by Mediawatch Limited, trading as Kantar Media, of the entire issued share capital and thus sole control, of Newsaccess Limited has been cleared by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.
Case details
  • Notification date:9 February 2017
  • Publication date:9 March 2017
  • Economic sector:Telecom & IT service activities - K
  • Economic sub-sector:Data hosting & IT services - K.63
  • Request for information:Yes
  • Outcome:Cleared with proposals
Documents
Timetable

Phase One

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2017 Notification received
  • Monday, 27 March, 2017 Third party submission deadline
  • Thursday, 20 April, 2017 Further information required
  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2017 Further information received
  • Wednesday, 3 May, 2017 Proposals received
  • Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 Determination issued
Parties Involved

Mediawatch Limited t/a Kantar Media

Mediawatch Limited is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of WPP plc and trades as Kantar Media, providing media intelligence services (multimedia media monitoring and media analysis services).

 

Newsaccess Limited

Newsaccess Limited offers multichannel media monitoring (print, broadcast, online and social media) and evaluation (or insight) services.
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