Overview Image: Activision Blizzard / Depositphotos Microsoft President Brad Smith said the CMA has been tough and fair on the Activision Blizzard deal. On the BBC Radio 4 program, Brad Smith spoke about the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Now that the deal has been finalized and Microsoft has restructured its UK business, Microsoft’s president had ...
As they say, no matter how good or bad things go, there is always a “captain after the fact,” who passes judgment after everything has happened, as if anything else could have been done in the process. And we are talking precisely about the CMA and the trial of the takeover of Activision Blizzard by ...
The argument in the USA about the takeover of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft just doesn’t end. Despite the court ruling, the FTC is now trying by all means to block the deal. One thing has to be said about the Federal Trade Commission under its boss Lina Khan – she is stubborn. After the ruling, ...
Microsoft may be considering taking Activision Leaving the UK to not have to deal with countries blocking its takeover. Considering it was a $70 billion deal, the entire Microsoft attempt to buy Activision Blizzard was always going to be a lengthy process, with the main hurdle being getting approval from various regulators in many regions. ...
Today we witnessed a startling statement from Sony SEO Kenichiro Yoshida for the FinancialTimes which is the topic everyone is talking about right now. Precisely because the main reason why the CMA is blocking the takeover of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft is to avoid that by joining the two, competition in the future of Cloud ...
Clear the ring for the next round. After the negative decision of the British CMA against the takeover of Activision Blizzard, the appeal is now pending and the date is set. We remember: although 37 countries, including recently the EU, China and South Korea, have given their approval for the planned takeover of Activision Blizzard ...
It was clear that something was wrong. He’s felt it for some time. Secret meetings with people from the FTC with bizarre arguments to block the purchase. It all comes down to embarrassing ridicule on Twitter accusing the European Union of not going along with their decision. The CMA has practically lost all respect that ...
If you’ve been following Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard King from day one, you already know that it all resulted in a new hearing in the UK Court of Appeal. Microsoft’s appeal has been received and will be discussed very soon in July. The hearing will take place in the last half of June, obtaining ...
While half the world marveled at its irrational decision, based on premises that we didn’t even know were going to happen, the CMA continues to brag and rejoice, under a layer of justice and reason. of its decision to have prevented the purchase of Activision by part of Microsoft. However, another of the important players ...
The British competition authority CMA has published a statement from the EU on today’s approval of the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The European Commission today approved the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, subject to conditions. The British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) commented on the decision. They still stand by their decision and see ...
