Broadcasting, Entertainment and Media
Members of Monckton Chambers have significant experience of the media and entertainment sector. We act for broadcasters, content providers, sellers of sports rights, Ofcom and many others. Examples of work cover a huge range: litigation and advice in connection with the sale of sports rights; the provision of electronic programme guides on digital television platforms; state aid issues relating to public service broadcasting; and advising digital broadcasters on convergence issues under the Communications Act and European regulatory framework.
Notable cases include (please click on the links for details):
- R (TVDanmark 1 Ltd) v Independent Television Commission (House of Lords)
- Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Services Ltd & Others v Amalgamated Racing Ltd & Others (Court of Appeal)
- Football Association Premier League Limited and Others v QC Leisure (A Trading Name) and Others (Chancery Division)
- Bacardi v TV Française (TF1) (European Court of Justice)
- Television GmbH v Niedersächsische Landesmedienanstalt Rundfunk (European Court of Justice)
6/7/2010 Monckton Chambers launches Merger Control Group
30/6/2010 Melanie Hall QC speaks at the The Chartered Institute of Taxation's VAT Conference
25/6/2010 ECJ Hands Down Judgment in Vodafone 'Roaming' Case
2/11/2010 ABA Section of International Law ~ 2010 Fall Meeting
13/10/2010 Managing Competition Risk & Compliance
12/10/2010 GCR Antitrust Litigation 2010 ~ Enforcing Competition Law in the UK, Europe and the US
30/9/2010 Damages Actions for Breach of Antitrust Rules
R (on the application of Low) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] I.C.R. 755
Mobilx Ltd (In Administration) and others v HMRC
Case T-448/05 Oxley Thread v Commission, judgment of the General Court