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Britain's competition regulator said that it would carry out another review of Facebook owner Meta's acquisition of Giphy after a tribunal quashed its original decision to block it. Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last year ordered Meta to sell animated image platform Giphy, which it acquired for a reported $400 million, because of its concerns about a possible loss of a competitor in advertising and the potential impact on social media rivals. Last month, the US tech giant partially won an appeal…

Britain's antitrust watchdog said that it had started an investigation into Microsoft Corp's $68.7 billion deal to buy "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard Inc. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had until Sept. 1 to make its phase 1 decision on whether the deal between the U.S. technology company and video-game maker Activision would reduce competition in the UK. The phase 1 investigation by the CMA will either lead to the deal being cleared or will move to a more in-depth phase 2 probe. Both…

The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is planning an investigation into Apple and Google regarding their dominance over the mobile market, notably in internet browsers and cloud gaming. A year-long study of Apple and Google found the tech giants essentially had a “duopoly” over mobile ecosystems which has allowed them a tight grip on the mobile market. Most relevant for the gaming industry is the specific focus on cloud gaming that the CMA mentioned in their press release. The CMA states: “Apple…

LONDON: Britain's competition watchdog said it was planning to investigate the market dominance of Apple Inc and Google's mobile browsers, as well as the iPhone maker's restrictions on cloud gaming through its app store. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Friday it was also taking enforcement action against Alphabet Inc's Google over its app store payment practices. It said the two tech giants had an "effective duopoly" on mobile ecosystems that gave them a stranglehold on operating systems, app stores…

London: After examining Google and Apple's "duopoly" for a year, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided that they "hold all the cards" in the mobile phone market.According to Engadget, it is now consulting on the launch of a market investigation into the tech giants' market power in mobile browsers, as well as into Apple's cloud gaming restrictions.In addition, the CMA has launched a separate investigation into Google's Play Store rules, the one that requires certain app developers to use the tech…

Britain's competition watchdog said it was planning to investigate the market dominance of Apple and Google's mobile browsers, as well as the iPhone maker's restrictions on cloud gaming through its app store.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Friday it was also taking enforcement action against Alphabet's Google over its app store payment practices.It said the two tech giants had an "effective duopoly" on mobile ecosystems that gave them a stranglehold on operating systems, app stores and web browsers on…

Britain's competition regulator on Thursday launched its second probe into the advertising practices of Google, saying the Alphabet-owned search giant could be distorting competition and may have illegally favoured its own services.The Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) latest probe follows its into Google and Facebook owner-Meta's "Jedi Blue" agreement earlier this year.The CMA said on Thursday it was examining three key parts of the ad tech stack chain, services that mediate ad tech, since Google owned the…

Facebook owner Meta started its appeal on Monday against Britain's ruling that it must sell Giphy, arguing the fact that rival Snap offered far less to buy the animated-images provider undermined the rationale used to block the deal.Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last year ordered Meta to sell Giphy, which it had acquired in 2020.It said the deal removed a potential competitor in display advertising, based on the possibility that Giphy's fledgling ads, or "paid alignment", business could become…