MILAN: Italy has asked an administrative court to postpone a decision over whether to unfreeze French media group Vivendi<\/a>'s stake in Italy's top commercial broadcaster Mediaset<\/a>, the state lawyer's office said on Saturday.

The move follows the approval of a bill which forces the communications watchdog
AGCOM<\/a> to start a new probe into Vivendi's interests in the Italian media<\/a> and telecoms sector<\/a>.

Vivendi, which is also the top investor in
Telecom Italia<\/a> with a 24% stake, had requested the court the remove restrictions on its 29% Mediaset holding.

The administrative court will assess the case at a hearing set for Dec. 16.

Two legal sources told Reuters on Saturday the state lawyer's office had requested the court to postpone the decision, a move which the office confirmed.

AGCOM in 2017 forced the French group to freeze two-thirds of its stake in Mediaset in a trust. The trust has been prevented from voting at Mediaset's shareholder meetings.

A postponement of the court's decision might help Mediaset, controlled by the family of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in a long-running legal battle against its second-largest shareholder Vivendi.

The two groups have been locked in a fight since 2016 when Vivendi ditched an accord to buy Mediaset's pay-TV unit and built a 29% stake which Mediaset considers hostile. Attempts to reach a compromise have been unsuccessful so far.

In September the
European Union<\/a>'s top court ruled that an Italian law setting market share thresholds to prevent excessive power concentration in telecoms and media was against EU rules.

That prompted Rome to approve a stop-gap legislation requiring AGCOM to start a new inquiry on Vivendi's twin stakes in Telecom Italia and Mediaset pending a wider reform of the Italian media laws.

The new inquiry would assess whether Vivendi's positions comply with legislation aimed at preventing a concentration of power harming media plurality.

Mediaset and Vivendi declined to comment.
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意大利要求法院推迟决定威望迪的Mediaset的股份

意大利已经要求行政法院推迟决定是否要解冻是由法国媒体集团维旺迪股份在意大利顶级商业广播公司Mediaset,律师事务所周六表示。

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米兰:意大利要求行政法院推迟决定是否解冻法国媒体集团维旺迪在意大利顶级商业广播公司的股份Mediaset周六表示,国家律师的办公室。

此前的批准一项法案,迫使通信监管机构AGCOM开始一个新的调查威望迪的利益意大利媒体电信行业

威望迪,也是投资者意大利电信持有24%的股份,已要求法院解除限制其Mediaset控股29%。

行政法院将评估在听证会将于12月16日。

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周六两个合法的来源告诉路透社州律师事务所已要求法院推迟决定,此举办公室确认。

AGCOM冻结在2017年迫使这家法国集团三分之二的股份Mediaset的信任。信任被阻止在Mediaset的股东大会上投票。

法院的判决可能会帮助Mediaset的延期,由家族控制的前意大利总理西尔维奥•贝卢斯科尼在一场旷日持久的法律诉讼,威望迪其第二大股东。

两组被锁定在一个战斗自2016年威望迪抛弃了协议收购Mediaset的付费电视单元,建立了一个29%的股份,Mediaset认为敌意。试图达成妥协到目前为止一直不成功。

9月,欧盟最高法院裁定,一位意大利的法律设置阈值,以防止过度的力量集中在电信市场份额和媒体是违反欧盟规定。

这促使罗马批准一项权宜之计立法要求AGCOM开始一个新的调查威望迪的双胞胎意大利电信的股份和Mediaset等待一个更广泛的改革意大利媒体的法律。

新调查将评估是否威望迪的立场符合立法旨在防止权力集中伤害媒体多元性。

Mediaset,威望迪拒绝置评。

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MILAN: Italy has asked an administrative court to postpone a decision over whether to unfreeze French media group Vivendi<\/a>'s stake in Italy's top commercial broadcaster Mediaset<\/a>, the state lawyer's office said on Saturday.

The move follows the approval of a bill which forces the communications watchdog
AGCOM<\/a> to start a new probe into Vivendi's interests in the Italian media<\/a> and telecoms sector<\/a>.

Vivendi, which is also the top investor in
Telecom Italia<\/a> with a 24% stake, had requested the court the remove restrictions on its 29% Mediaset holding.

The administrative court will assess the case at a hearing set for Dec. 16.

Two legal sources told Reuters on Saturday the state lawyer's office had requested the court to postpone the decision, a move which the office confirmed.

AGCOM in 2017 forced the French group to freeze two-thirds of its stake in Mediaset in a trust. The trust has been prevented from voting at Mediaset's shareholder meetings.

A postponement of the court's decision might help Mediaset, controlled by the family of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in a long-running legal battle against its second-largest shareholder Vivendi.

The two groups have been locked in a fight since 2016 when Vivendi ditched an accord to buy Mediaset's pay-TV unit and built a 29% stake which Mediaset considers hostile. Attempts to reach a compromise have been unsuccessful so far.

In September the
European Union<\/a>'s top court ruled that an Italian law setting market share thresholds to prevent excessive power concentration in telecoms and media was against EU rules.

That prompted Rome to approve a stop-gap legislation requiring AGCOM to start a new inquiry on Vivendi's twin stakes in Telecom Italia and Mediaset pending a wider reform of the Italian media laws.

The new inquiry would assess whether Vivendi's positions comply with legislation aimed at preventing a concentration of power harming media plurality.

Mediaset and Vivendi declined to comment.
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