Baker McKenzie has suggested Warner Bros. Discovery Germany on the regulatory points of the formation of a three way partnership with RTLZWEI. The 2 media firms plan to collectively market their TV and a few of their digital inventories through this three way partnership. The brand new firm below the model ‘El Cartel Brothers’ can be primarily based in Munich. The three way partnership is anticipated to be energetic from the 2026 advertising yr, and has been accepted by the competitors authorities.
Warner Bros. Discovery Deutschland operates free TV channels, pay TV channels and the streaming service discovery+. Warner Bros. Discovery Deutschland is backed by Warner Bros. Discovery, a New York headquartered main world media and leisure firm with one of many world’s most various and complete portfolio of content material, manufacturers and franchises in tv, movie, streaming and video games.
RTLZWEI is a Munich-based media firm that operates the main free-to-air channel by the identical identify. Along with documentaries, reviews and docu-soaps, RTLZWEI entertains with distinctive reveals, chosen sequence and have movies. Apart from broadcast, RTLZWEI presents unique digital content material by means of the web site rtl2.de, the gaming platform rtl2spiele.de, through HbbTV and within the streaming service RTL+.
Baker McKenzie’s antitrust observe group is a full-service antitrust observe with world attain, masking the whole spectrum of antitrust recommendation. The German crew usually advises on all points of EU and German competitors legislation, together with nationwide and worldwide cartel investigations, multinational merger management proceedings and co-operation agreements between rivals in addition to market abuse circumstances.
Authorized advisor to Warner Bros. Discovery:
Baker McKenzie
Lead counsel:
Antitrust & Competitors: Dr Nicolas Kredel (Accomplice, Düsseldorf)
Crew:
Antitrust & Competitors: Markus Mossmann (Affiliate, Düsseldorf), Dr Lukas Greiner (Affiliate, Düsseldorf), Nina Lenhard (Counsel, Vienna)
