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Autoridade da Concorrência Fines MEO, NOS, Vodafone and Accenture €13.35 Million for Coordinated TV-Recording Advertising Scheme — 30-Second Pre-Roll on Catch-Up Was the Common Inventory

Autoridade da Concorrência Fines MEO, NOS, Vodafone and Accenture €13.35 Million for Coordinated TV-Recording Advertising Scheme — 30-Second Pre-Roll on Catch-Up Was the Common Inventory

AdC closes the subscription-TV advertising case with €13.35M in fines — MEO settles at €4.2M, NOS €4.9M, Vodafone €3.8M and Accenture €0.45M for a coordinated 30-second pre-roll scheme on catch-up recordings. NOS and Vodafone are appealing; dismantling has 90 days.
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Autoridade da Concorrência Levies €13.35 Million on MEO, NOS, Vodafone and Accenture Over the Pay-TV Skippable-Ad Coordination Running From August 2019 to May 2025 — Altice Settles While NOS and Vodafone File Recursos

Autoridade da Concorrência Levies €13.35 Million on MEO, NOS, Vodafone and Accenture Over the Pay-TV Skippable-Ad Coordination Running From August 2019 to May 2025 — Altice Settles While NOS and Vodafone File Recursos

The AdC closed a six-year cartel file on 5 June with €13.35 million in coimas split across the three pay-TV operators and Accenture for coordinating a 30-second non-skippable advert before recorded programmes — Altice paid, NOS and Vodafone are heading to the Tribunal da Concorrência.
The Portugal Brief
Rede Expressos Opens Sete Rios Slot Allocation to Flixbus Seventy-Three Days After the Tribunal Administrativo Ruling — Operação Limitada Caveat Frames the 22 May Communication

Rede Expressos Opens Sete Rios Slot Allocation to Flixbus Seventy-Three Days After the Tribunal Administrativo Ruling — Operação Limitada Caveat Frames the 22 May Communication

Rede Expressos communicated Sete Rios slot windows to Flixbus on 22 May 2026 — 73 days after the Lisbon administrative tribunal ordered immediate access on 10 March. The operação limitada framing opens the terminal to Lisbon–Porto and Lisbon–Algarve competition on capacity-bounded terms.
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