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To: J Fieb who wrote (33398)	5/25/1998 8:55:00 AM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Kirch. The vote is on Wednesday, and they are still debating................ newsalert.com EU to ask experts to block Kirch/Bertelsmann deal Reuters Story - May 25, 1998 06:19 %MRG %TEL %EEC %LIF %PUB %DE %BE %LU BTGGg.F DTEG.F V%REUTER P%RTR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUSSELS, May 25 (Reuters) - The European Commission will ask anti-trust experts from the 15 EU states on Monday afternoon to block the proposed TV alliance between Germany's Kirch group, Bertelsmann AG and Deutsche Telekom , a Commission source said. Separately, Commission spokeswoman Martine Reicherts said Kirch/Bertelsmann had informed the Commission in writing on Saturday that they would not make any further concessions to win EU regulatory approval for their planned pay-TV deal. The deal will be on the Commission agenda on Wednesday, but the source said that a negative ruling was likely to face opposition from Commission President Jacques Santer and at least three other Commissioners who sit on the 20-seat Commission executive. Reicherts also signalled a heated debate within the Commission. "It is difficult to say at this stage what the decision will be. It needs 11 votes in favour and risks being contested," she told reporters. EU Competition Commissioner Karel van Miert said last Wednesday that he would ban the deal unless the companies improved their offers of concessions to prevent the creation of a lasting monopoly in the German pay-TV market. Kirch and Bertelsmann want to merge their Premiere pay-TV venture with Kirch's DF1 digital pay-TV channel. The planned deal would also include German telephone group Deutsche Telekom.

To: J Fieb who wrote (33398)	5/25/1998 10:49:00 AM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 50808

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