What are the specific concerns in the Dutch, German and Irish cases?
Based on complaints, the Commission’s investigation covers the financing of services outside the traditional television programme activities of PSBs. In the Dutch and the German cases, the Commission needs to assess complaints regarding the PSBs’ online activities. In both cases, the Commission has concerns that, whereas online information services may be included, online activities such as e-commerce and mobile telephone services may not be regarded as a “service of general economic interest”. In addition in the German and the Irish cases, the Commission assesses allegations from complainants about the PSBs’ behaviour when acquiring sports rights. The Commission is of the opinion that sport – including high-quality premium sport – is part of a balanced and varied programme and can therefore be publicly financed. However, competition on the market for acquisition of sports rights should not unduly be distorted. The question is thus whether certain acquisition practices, like the acquis
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